Word: stewart
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Commenting on the institution, the Nation says : "From its foundation onward, Edinburgh has been growing in honor and usefulness. Long ago it was called the modern Athens. Stewart, the author of the "Antiquities of Greece" is said to have suggested this epithet because of the resemblance in the aspect of the two cities, and perhaps this circumstance has had its influence upon the architecture of Edinburgh. But certainly the spirit of Athens does not require for its embodiment an acropolis or a temple. We must look beyond the natural or the structural advantages of a city if we would determine...
...York club; W. A. Davis, S. F. Johnson and J. K. Simpson of the Union club; C. C. Nichols of Harvard; E. P. Cottle, of Yale; S. J. Poe and H. W. Hall, of Princeton; J. C. Gerndt, formerly of N. Y. U., and J. A. Stewart of Chicago Calumets. This list includes the twelve regular and two substitutes. The average age of the members is 23 years 4 months; the average height, 5 feet 9 1-2 inches; and the average weight 153 pounds...
...arrangements that will undoubtedly be of great value for future work. A continuous photographic registration of changes in the electricity of the atmosphere has never previously been attempted in this country, and has only twice ever been attempted elsewhere; once at Kew, under Sir William Thompson and Balfour Stewart, and a year ago or so, at Paris, by Mascart, director of the bureau...
...composition of the European lacrosse team is almost completed. It is probable that one man from the west will be a member. Stewart, of the Chicago Calumets, is the man selected...
...will play second. Taylor, '84, will hold his old position at short, where he played so well last year. Marble, '85 will play third, he is a new man, but has played his position creditably in the practice games thus far. Hunt, '85, will play left field, and Stewart, '86, will go to right field. Kimball will remain at centre field. This will probably be the make-up of the nine for '84. The nine as a whole showed great improvement in their batting and fielding over that of last year. They have had the advantage of Morrill's coaching...