Word: scholarly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Graduate School, Should the Ph.D. be a Teacher's Degree Only? The Value of Fellowships, Should the Minimum Time of Study for the Ph.D. be More Than Two Years? Should the Ph.D. be Given on Examination and Thesis Alone without Regard to Previous Work? Teaching as a Profession. The Scholar's Ideal, Papers will be limited to fifteen minutes; men speaking in discussion will be limited to five minutes...
...exercises were opened by the Glee Club which sang the first and last verses of the "Harvard Hymn" in Latin, to the music of the "Commencement Hymn." Dean Briggs then spoke briefly of the purpose of the meeting, and said that the rewards of the scholars in the University were less evident than those of the athletes, who could command audiences of thousands. He introduced Dr. Wm. Everett '59, who spoke on the value of a scholar's training and on the value of the student to the world in every department of life...
President Eliot, in a short speech, said that the powers necessary to win scholarships and prizes are those which bring success in after life. Physical, intellectual and moral strength are as much needed by the scholar as by the athlete or the soldier. The excellent physical condition of the scholarship holders is a source of great satisfaction and their nervous system must be in good condition. While the desire of pecuniary assistance is a motive which, in some cases, leads men to try for scholarships, it is no longer the leading motive. The difference between scholarships with and without stipends...
Count Riant was a thorough scholar, who had devoted his life to the study of the Crusades and all historical questions connected with them. As the founder of the "Societe de l' Orient Latin," as a prolific author, and as a keen learned expert in the study of manuscript, he has done more than any other modern writer to advance our knowledge in this field. At his chateau in the Valadis where he passed his summers, he had gathered a great library of books relating to the subject of his studies, and it is the portion of this collection relating...
...other by purchase. The first was presented by Mrs. Schmitt, the widow of George A. Schmitt, who was instructor in German in the University from 1856 to 1863. The library of two hundred and fifty volumes which is given in Mr. Schmitt's memory, is that of a scholar and a man of broad culture...