Word: plaine
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lectures to be given by J. R. Wheeler, Ph. D., on the Acropolis at Athans (mentioned in the CRIMSON a few weeks ago) will begin today. The course will consist of eight lectures descriptive of the principal ruins on the (?????) as well as on the Plain of Athans, and of the position and nature of the hill of the Acropolis. The letures will be delivered in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Monday and Friday afternoon at four o'clock, and will be open to the public. The lecture this afternoon will be on the Plain of Athens and the Acropolis...
...come to the University from the recent regulations passed by the board. Mr. Roger Walcott, a member of the Board of Overseers, gave, in an informal way, the reasons which had prompted the board to take its recent action. Mr. Walcott's views were far from radical, it was plain that his audience was in sympathy with him in the stand which he took in regard to the large majority of the recent votes. He appeared to take the stand that the system of government in regard to attendance at recitations now in vogue at Harvard, although not materially lowering...
...very much that we are not allowed to published a detailed report of Mr. Walcott's liberal, candid, and straightforward explanation of the reasons of the Board of Overseers in making the recent recommendations. The students owe him a debt of gratitude for the way in which he made plain that in almost every respect the votes of the Overseers are not hostile to the broadest, highest, and most progressive aim of Harvard, but that they will serve to establish on a firmer basis the present policy of college government...
...with but a small number of editors, and men must be taken on during the spring. We ask all those who care to do so to try for the paper, men from the sophomore class being especially desired. Ability to obtain news of college interest and put it into plain, readable English are the only qualifications necessary. The CRIMSON is a newspaper, and energy in getting news is the first requisite. If those who wish to try for the paper will consult with the managing editor, he will give them all the necessary instructions in regard to work...
...topics of the first lecture are: 1. The Plain of Athens. The position and nature of the hill of the Acropolis. 2. The Acropolis in the successive historical periods of the city, from the earliest time to the establishment of the present kingdom of Greece...