Word: research
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dudley A Sargent, director of physical education at the University, created a sensation at the annual meeting of the Athletic Research Society at the Hotel Astor, New York, on December 27, when he declared that for the past 25 years both Harvard and Yale have conducted their athletic training along the wrong lines. He said that he was proud of the athletes who have been sent into the Army, but that he was not proud of many more who have been sent but who are not physically fit, giving as the reason for this the fact that the colleges have...
...recovering. So long as English progress continues, while the Mohammedans weaken, the lasting possession of Jerusalem seems assured. Unlike many places captured in war, this has suffered no bombardment, much to the satisfaction of all who wish the preservation of the relies of the past. A field of historical research undamaged by shell-fire and mines has been opened up. Through an easy approach and a ready withdrawal it has been made possible to seize the Holy city in its integrity. Unlike Rheims and other centres of mediaeval Christianity, the very home of our religion has escaped destruction. Whether...
...winner of the Fellowship must agree to pursue his studies during the year of his incumbency at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, and to direct his research in the field of Greek history, literature, art, archaeology, epigraphy or topography...
...authentic clue to the exact date of John Harvard's birth was found until recently, when research students discovered the following record in the baptismal files of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, England: "1607, November 29, John Harvye, S. of Robt., a Butcher." Since it was the custom in the churches at that time to require the baptism of a child three days after his birth, the Memorial Society, which each year holds commemoration services, decided in 1910 to fix November 26 in the year 1607 as the correct date of the birth of John Harvard...
...work of the Bureau of Business Research has continued this year with added stimulus. The Bureau has published the first results of its study of the operating expenses in the wholesale grocery business. The figures contained in the announcement are based upon the uniform System of Operating Accounts for Wholesale Grocers which was prepared by the Bureau of Business Research in cooperation with the National Wholesale Grocers' Association. Part of the figures were taken from the books of wholesale grocers by agents of the Bureau and part of them secured by mail...