Word: revolutionizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Ex-President Andrew D. White of Cornell, will deliver a continued lecture of three nights each at the University of Pennsylvania and at Swathmore College in January. His subject will be "The Causes Leading to the French Revolution."
The great revolution in football occurred in 1880 when the present Rugby game was introduced and the players reduced to eleven on each side. Since that change, football has taken the foremost place in college sports and is now the most popular and scientific game played. Some years afterwards the...
The October number of the Magazine of American History is as bright and interesting as anyone can desire. "The City of the Prince" is the beginning of a romantic tale of the settlers in that part of old Texas which was called "Little Germany." The story gives us a good...
At the Chapel last evening Dr. Edward Everett Hale preached the second of his series of sermons on the "Formation of Character." His subject was the connection between being and doing, between our religious belief and our active work in life. The last quarter of a century has witnessed a...
The Harvard University Bulletin for May, edited by Mr. Justin Winsor, has appeared. It is of great interest as giving in a compact form information concerning the work of the Corporation and the Board of Overseers. A number of bequests are announced, notably that by Mrs. Ellen Gurney of $75...