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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Athletics at Amherst," Mr. H. A. Cushing gives an account of the different branches of sport at this college, the nine, eleven, track athletic team, and the old crew of 1875, their origin their origin and development. For in athletic development, the work of Amherst has been one of originality rather than of imitation, and it has happened not infrequently that the system in use at Amherst has been adopted, in modified forms. by other institutions of learning. Pictures of the various teams are included in the article...
...many great demagogues. After the Dorian invasion Tiryns and Mycenal were both subjects of Argos. Dr. Schlieman found ruins of large palaces, at Tiryns and Mycenae, which so resemble the ruins of the palace ruins found at Troy that the two towns are now known to be of Trojan origin. The lecture was ended with a series of stereopticon views, showing the walls, tombs, relics, etc., which had been described by Professor Goodwin...
...betrothal was somewhat of the nature of a modern contract, there being witnesses to sign the papers and a certain amount of money being given to the man as a pledge of good faith. In after years this money was replaced by an iron ring, this being the origin of the modern engagement ring. Immediately after the betrothal there was a grand festival to which all the friends of both families were invited. The marriage ceremony took place in the morning and was followed by a grand banquet. About twilight a procession was formed by all the guests...
Professor James's paper on "The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life" was originally prepared for the meeting of the Philosophical Club of Yale University last February and appears in print now for the first time. The main purpose of the article is to show that there is no such thing possible as an ethical philosophy dogmatically made up in advance. After dividing the ethical question into three parts,-the pscychological, which asks after the historical origin of our moral ideas and judgments,-the metaphysical, which asks the meaning of the words good, ill, and obligation,-and the casnistic which...
...activity of Harvard men is due much of the present activity in preparatory school athletics. It was Harvard men who established the Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association; and to Harvard men again was owing the origin of the Inter-Scholastic Foot Ball Association. Both of these associations have worked directly for Harvard's benefit. Valuable men have been developed, and the general athletic standard at the preparatory schools has been raised...