Word: sociality
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will be thrown open in May, with an appropriate recognition of the event. This new movement on the part of the club has been largely suggested by the number of young men coming into the club, who, it was thought, would appreciate club-rooms where they might gather for social purposes. For graduates of Harvard living out of town it will also prove a great convenience, furnishing a place for them to drop in during their vitits to the city. Such non resident members are now on roll from the East and West as far as Dakota. With...
...which proved to be very favorable, and finally a house was taken. The club has just been incorporated and newly organized, and at the annual meeting, which takes place at Delmonico's next Friday evening, it will be fairly launched on its new career as one of the established social organizations of the city, with a promising career before it. - N. Y. Post...
Last evening Dr. Arthur T. Hadley began the first of his series of lectures on "Railroad Administration." A large audience was assembled in Sever 11 and listened to an entertaining and instructive lecture. The effect of modern railroads upon social growth was the first topic discussed by Professor Hadley. The necessity of government legislation was made clear, by showing that all the evils of various state laws would result unless the United States took the matter in charge. After a short resume of the history of the railroads in the United States the question of "special rates" was considered. Very...
...proper understanding of the development of the universities, it is desirable to glance at the growth of the prototypes of all universities, Bologna and Paris. The causes which made these institutions possible are the same. When the crusades had thoroughly leavened the social and mental structure of Europe, the municipalities of Lombardy demanded a corps of trained administrators to cope with the problems of a vigorous trading policy and intense political strife. This tendency was localized by the pitching of Irnerius and an able body of successors who maintained the glory of the school. At the beginning of the 13th...
...will follow Sarah Bernhardt at the Hollis Street Theatre on Monday, April 11th, appearing for the first time in the "Earl," a play written expressly for him by Edgar Fawcett. Mr. Riddle's return to the stage excites much interest here, where his exceptional ability and admirable social qualities are warmly remembered. During the three years preceding the Greek play Mr. Riddle was instructor in elocution in the college and created a new and decided interest in the subject. He has already won an esteemed place as an actor by his occasional excellent performances with Mary Anderson...