Word: reade
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...annual meeing of our society held last evening your letters to Mrs. Agassiz dated July 8 and October 27 were read by her, and the following votes were passed, which we believe to be in accordance with your letters...
Justin Winsor then read a brief address. He dwelt chiefly on the relation of Francis Parkman to the old and new schools of historical study. Mr. Parkman began his life work when Sparks, Prescott and Bancroft were still on the field. The characteristic of the old school, of which these historians were the most prominent exponents, was the sacrifice of strict historical accuracy in every detail to an elaborate literary finish. Francis Parkman was the forerunner of a school by which historical integrity is regarded as absolutely necessary. He showed that it is possible to combine honesty of citation with...
Preparations are already being made for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bowdoin College, which occurs next June. Mellville W. Fuller, of the class of '53, will deliver the oration; Professor Arlo Bates, of '73, will read an original poem, and Professor Egbert C. Smythe, of the Andover Theological Seminary and the class of '48, will preach the anniversary sermon. James McKeen, of the class of '64, will preside at the alumni dinner...
...SHAKESPEARE CLUB will meet Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 6th, at 5 o'clock p. m. Henry the Fourth, part two, and Henry the Fifth will be read. Mr. S. P. Delany will preside. No. 3 Holyoke House...
...course of lectures on English literature by Mr. Copeland, the first of which is to be given tonight. Mr. Copeland has shown that he appreciates what seems to us one of the worst features of college life and of nineteenth century life in general, namely, the neglect of reading. Not only is the art of reading aloud obsolescent, but the habit of reading even to onesself seems in danger of being left behind in the rush and complexity of our modern life. In college we have so many things to attend to that we cannot spare time to read...