Word: professor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...annual dinner of the Cornell University Club will be held tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria. Among those who have promised to speak are President Schurman of Cornell, Professor Ames of Harvard, Seth Low of Columbia, ex-Judge Henry E. Howland, representing Yale; James W. Alexander of Princeton, Arthur F. Bowers, representing Brown, and ex-Gov. Alonzo B. Cornell...
...Professor Sevard of Heidelberg University, who first discovered the cathode rays has been awarded a prize of 10,000 francs by the French Academy of Sciences...
...recent meeting of the Graduates Athletic Association, a committee was appointed to nominate twelve men, from whom eight will be chosen by postal ballot to fill the vacancies on the executive committee. It was also voted that the captains of the athletic teams and Professor Hollis should be invited to be present at the next meeting of the committee to be held at the University Club on March...
...notice that Professor Norton proposes after this year to relinquish his courses in the Department of Fine Arts, will cause general regret. Harvard will lose in two ways. For years her undergraduates have gained what is more important than Ancient and Mediaeval Art from his courses-an enlightened method of looking at the problems of life and an increased keenness of perception which could not be gained elsewhere, and which Professor Norton can impart so well...
Hardly less to be regretted than the fact that fewer men will fall under his influence is, that on Professor Norton's giving up such large courses many will lose the opportunity of entering into more or less personal relationship with him. That this has been a privilege generally coveted is in measure due to his popularity among the students, and to the whole-souled interest he has always manifested in their welfare. Beyond this popularity, however, it is due to his recognition throughout the country as a sincere and fearless critic in both art and literature, which inevitably reflects...