Word: scotland
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Bolles' rambles have been within those limits. The chief charm of the book is, perhaps, its simplicity and its unaffectednes; and who knows but that Mr. Bolles' book may do for the surroundings of Cambridge what Scott's "Lady of the Lake" did for the picturesque lake region of Scotland...
...Mass., this year. The Conference opens Saturday, June 27th, and closes Wednesday, July 8th. A committee of three is to be appointed to confer with any Harvard men who may wish to go. The speakers for this year are very interesting and instructive men; Rev. John Smith, of Edinburgh, Scotland, D. L. Moody, Professor Moore of Union Theological Seminary, Ohio, and Professor Thompson of Pennsylvania. The men who have been to one of these conferences are enthusiastic about them. The speakers give entertaining lectures, the grounds at Northfield are beautiful, and rooms fine. The board is good and there...
...members) adopted a series of resolutions to this effect: That every university ought to establish a committee of reception (Comite de Patronage) composed of friends of the university, with some representatives from the students themselves, similar to the committees already existing at Paris, Montpellier, in Sweden, and in Scotland. That when a student comes to any university with recommendations from a general association of students, as for example from a University Club, he ought at once to be admitted to the General Association of Students. The association will at once put him in communication with the Comite de Patronage. This...
Professor Henry Drummond, of Edinburgh, Scotland, was instrumental in forming an intercollegiate association of New York City students called the Students' Movement. The seven thousand students of the eighteen leading colleges of that metropolis are a distinct class. The Students' Movement is about to open a Student Headquarters, with bureau of information as to boarding houses, churches and pastors, and the city generally. At the beginning of the year all students will be welcomed there, and during the year the house will always be open, to students only. Receptions and addresses from prominent men, and religious meetings will be held...
...written by C. W. Alcock, the secretary of the Foot Ball Association of England. The Association game is only thirty years old. It originated in England, where for the most part it has been developed. In 1872 the Scotch took up the game and international matches between England and Scotland sprang up. The game has had such popularity in England that is now played in Canada, India, and even South Africa...