Word: originated
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...President, and in the afternoon came the memorable dance upon the green. At Yale usages have been abandoned even more than at Cambridge. One of the best known ceremonies that no longer occupies a part of the presentation week is the Wooden Spoon Ceremony. This custom had its origin at one of the colleges at Cambridge University, England. Before 1865, it was usual to give a jackknife to the homeliest man in the class, a cane to the handsomest, and a wooden spoon to the man who ate the most. Shortly before this year the plan was abbreviated somewhat...
Last evening, Mr. Jewett delivered his second and last lecture in Boylston Hall, taking for his subject "Cairo," which is the capital of Modern Egypt. It is the true city of "The 1001 Nights," for whatever is the origin of these tales they treat of the society of Cairo. The city is situated on a sandy plain near the point of the delta of the Nile and is surrounded by objects of great interest-the Pyramids on the west, the Necropolis of Thebes on the south, and the obelisk marking the site of the ancient Heliopolis on the north...
...plots of all new plays and operas in such form as to make a series of short stories, interesting in themselves, presenting the views of many of the authors and leading actors on the merits or experience of their own play, sketching the history of prominent plays from their origin; offering many data most valuable for reference in after years; analyzing the drama and the acting; recording the full casts of characters of the principal first performance and revivals; and giving very entertaining biographical sketches of the leading actors who visited Boston the past years. One of the most attractive...
...human tooth, roots and all, was recently found in a plate of beans at Memorial. It is supposed to be of prehistoric origin, and is at the disposal of the management...
...University of Michigan," says President Haven in his inaugural address, "is the oldest, largest and most flourishing of the class of institutions that may rightly be regarded as State universities." This statement was true for America in 1863, and is true to-day. In its origin, the University of Michigan is at once a national and State institution. It owes its existence primarily to the far-sighted national policy, first declared in the ordinance of 1787, whereby it was provided for the great Northwestern Territory that "schools and the means of education should forever be encouraged." This principle was reasserted...