Word: scholarships
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...what he is. Mr. Perry's book, although of deep value to the reflective student, will be found - especially in its examination into the origin of the English novel, and into the growth of realism, - of fresh interest to the general reader. The work is a credit to Harvard scholarship...
...little difficult to understand the process of reasoning by which this conclusion as to the innate superiority of women as teachers is reached, the novelty of the idea must commend it to thoughtful consideration. It seems, however, a good deal to ask of the conservative scholarship of centuries that it yield itself to the guidance of this new rival without a struggle...
...name with a firmness of hand and an amount of ink that insures it preservation "till the coming of time." With the same plainness of writing is the name of a now famous Western lawyer, J. Young Scammon, Chicago, III. Not so bold in style, but with an antique scholarship, a certain Joannes Ignatius ventured upon some Latin which begins thus: "Kalendus Julus anni MDCCCXLIII., hac finis in Bostoniensi academia...
...Justin Winsor, has just appeared. The official corporation records published with it extend from September 26 to December 22, 1882. From these we learn that the class fund of the class of 1828, amounting to nearly $3000, has passed into the possession of the college to found a scholarship under certain restrictions; that the corporation has no purpose of erecting a fence around Jarvis field; that a committee from the corporation to act with the faculty committee on all matters of college athletics has been appointed, consisting of Messrs. Adams and Agassiz; that further subscriptions have been received...
...publication of the first part of Prof. Child's "English and Scottish Ballads" makes an epoch in the history of Harvard scholarship. As the edition is limited the work will undoubtedly increase rapidly in value. The work is elegantly printed in quarto sheets. It is expected that the second part will appear in about a month...