Word: southern
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Advocate are interesting and well written; there is very little verse, and it is not especially good. "The Major's Hallowe'en," by F. M. Class, is an effective story, giving, in spite of inaccuracies in dialect and description, a sympathetic character sketch of the "old school" southern gentleman. "One of the Crowd," by Richard Inglis, is another character sketch: it seems a little improbable and is not vivid. "Tramping with a Botanist;" describes and mildly caricatures, with a good deal of humor, the adventures and character of an exploring botanist. "The March Inland," by Albert de Roode, written...
...will the University team be picked and the men sent to the training table. In the spring Harvard will meet Pennsylvania at Cambridge, while Cornell and Columbia will be played on their home grounds. More home games will also be scheduled if possible. The year will end with a southern trip to Lehigh Valley and Baltimore, when games with Lehigh College and Johns Hopkins University will be played...
...valuable Mexican collection, which is still uncatalogued, has been received recently by the Peabody Museum. It formed part of that collected by Prince Maximillian from the region of the City of Mexico and the State of Oaxaca, in Southern Mexico, and is valuable for its great age and the rarity of the specimens which it includes. These represent gods, masks, and a number of single specimens, as a ceremonial axe, coiled serpent and carved vessel. These are carved from stone and from lava, and in some cases show evidences of an original covering of stucco...
...last portions to be finished is the large living room, which takes up the entire southern front, and is three stories high. The walls are wainscoted with oak, and memorial tablets are to be placed in some of the panels. Twenty-four memorial panels have already been set up, and the others will be put in as soon as they are decided upon. At each end of the room is a large fireplace. Over the eastern fireplace three national emblems have been carved in the stonework, and a bust of Washington has been placed on the mantel. Under the bust...
...large grill room finished in oak takes up the whole southern part of the east wing, and is intended for visitors and odd meals, but not for regular boarders. Next to the grill room is a pantry, connected by dumb-waiters with the kitchen beneath, and beyond this is a smaller dining room for private dinners...