Word: origin
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. "The Origin of the Vertebrate Eye." Professor G. H. Parker. Short Papers. Zoological Laboratory, Room...
...Origin, Growth, and Function," by J. C. Carter...
...lecture dwelt upon the origin of the Menorah, the seven-branched candle-stick, in the festival described in the Book of Maccabees. He went on to describe the 500 years' struggle between the Hellenic and Hebraic ideals, which culminated in the annihilation of the Jews as a nation after the conquest of Judaea by Titus. Beauty was the Greek ideal, while that of the Hebrews was goodness, and of this the Menorah was emblematic...
...Cobden-Sanderson next traced the changes in the materials out of which books have been made, from the original slabs of baked clay, to the papyrus, parchment, and paper states. Then came an attempt to solve the question of the origin of the alphabet, through the progressive modification of hieroglyphics, passing through the hieratie, Phoenician and Greek symbols, and culminating in the invention of lower-case letters by the monkish scribes of the Middle Ages...
...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. Review of a Paper by H. Micoletzky on "The Nervous System of a certain Fresh-water Triclad." Mr. H. M. Kelly. "Color Varieties of the Rabbit and of other Rodents; Their Origin and Inheritance," with exhibition of specimens. Professor W. E. Castle. Lawrence...