Word: salient
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, will lecture on "Christian Science" tonight in Peabody Hall,--Phillips Brooks House, at 8 o'clock. The lecture is under the auspices of the Christian Science Society of Harvard, and all members of the University are invited to attend. Mr. Young will cover the salient points of Christian Science teachings, and will give a brief history of the work done by Mrs. Eddy...
...United States broke away from Great Britain before a cabinet government had been developed there. Australia, on being given by Great Britain the rights of local control, adopted the cabinet system, of which the salient features are: a good representative system, a good civil government, honest elections, and good maintenance of executive order...
...James Bryce, M.P., will deliver the fifth and last of the Godkin lectures on "The Study of Popular Governments" this evening at 8 o'clock in Sanders Theatre. Mr. Bryce will consider the salient results of his survey of democracies, the variations in popular governments, and their causes, and will indicate the spirit in which the citizen should regard his duties...
...salient features of the period of President Eliot's administration of the University may be summarized as follows...
...made public,--in addition to his discussion of the requirements to be maintained for a bachelor's degree, of the plan of athletics in the University life and of other general questions--contains the reports of the different departments of the University and the President's comments on the salient points suggested by them. These form an interesting commentary on the departments reviewed...