Word: professors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...death of Charles Haven Goodwin son of Professor Goodwin, in the early part of last July was a sad blow to all who knew him. Though his extremely retiring disposition prevented his forming a large circle of acquaintances, yet his few friends seemed to hold for him in no ordinary degree a deep respect and love. As a scholar he ranked among the the first of his class, and his breadth of character, strengthened and nourished by travel, was a marked feature in his life. He always took an active interest in all college affairs, but especially in those...
Graduates who desire to take Phil. 20 b. are requested to meet Professor Royce in U. 16, on Wednesday, October 2, at one o'clock, for a brief consultation and for an announcement of the plan of work...
...Scene of the Iliad," by William C. Lawton, will be of interest to all classical students. One of the most readable articles in the number is "Fictions in the Pulpit," by Agnes Repplier. The writer makes a strong protest against the extreme moralistic and didactic tone of modern novel. Professor Joseph H. Thayer contributes an admirable description of the noble life and work of the late President Theodore Dwight Woolsey...
...French Elections.On Thursday, October 10, Professor Cohn will deliver a lecture on "The late General Election in France and its probable consequences. Sever 11, 7.30 p. m. The public are invited...
...most interesting piece of news from this department is the generous gift of $50,000, by Miss C. W. Bruce, of New York, for a photographic telescope. The instrument will be made with a double lens, a new form not yet adopted by European astronomers, but considered by Professor Pickering far superior to single lens telescopes. It will have an aperture of twenty-four inches. Its focal length will be short, and consequently it will include a large area of the sky at once, and will also obtain images of very faint stars and nebulae. With this telescope, Professor Pickering...