Word: particularity
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Bliss Knapp h. '01, of the Board of Lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, delivered a lecture on "Christian Science" last night in Phillips Brooks House. Mr. Knapp explained the origin and principal tenets of Christian Science, and laid particular emphasis on the religious foundation of the faith...
...marked notably by wit and artistic restraint. "A Sermon for Lent, by F. Schenck '09, is original, thoughtful, and pointed. "Romola," by H. Powel, Jr., '08, shows narrative power in the writer, but needs revision. As has been hinted above, however, none of the verse in the number deserves particular praise...
...most important change made, is the withdrawal of all 50-year period English half-courses, and the substitution of new half-courses, which are to deal with the development of particular forms of English literature. The new English courses are: English 41, English Literature from Elizabethan times, by Professor Wendell and Mr. Castle; English 41a hf., open to students who take English 41; English 52 hf., on Johnson and his Circle, by Mr. Copeland; English 53 hf., Scott, by Mr. Copeland; English 9 hf., Spenser, by Dr. Maynadier; English 50 hf., on Dryden and the Transition Period, by Dr. Greenough...
...Kelley emphasized the fact that people should be particular as far as possible to investigate the conditions under which the goods that they purchase are made. She showed the difficulty the Consumers' League had experienced in attempting to pass a bill through the federal legislature, that was finally declared unconstitutional, which should prevent goods made under child labor in one state from passing into another. Owing to the great demand for white factory hands in the South and to a lack of inspectors, conditions are such that large numbers of very young children are found employed in factories...
...state of civilization they record. The Peabody Museum possesses large collections from Yucatan, and many models or the ruins found there as well as numerous photographs will be shown by Dr. Tozzer. The present inhabitants of Yucatan, the Lacondones, a tribe which Dr. Tozzer has studied with particular care, have sadly deteriorated since they produced such wonderful structures. Various interesting discoveries which have been made from excavations will also be outlined in the lecture...