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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first of the lectures by Dr. Ward on Modern Anthropology will be given this evening in Upper Boylston at 7.30. The subject will be "Modern Anthropology: its history, method and sphere...
...have spoken twice before of the Junior class dinner which takes place next Tuesday evening, and it seems necessary to refer to the subject again. Ninety certainly is apathetic, or thinks that a class dinner is not at all desirable. Today is the last day to sign for the dinner, for the book will be taken away from Leavitts this evening. All who intend to be present must sign today. The Junior class dinners have always been one of the pleasantest events in a class history, occasions of good fellowship, and abundant class spirit. It would be a very great...
LECTURES ON ANTHROPOLOGY.Dr. Ward will deliver a series of four Monday evening lectures in U. Boylston beginning Feb. 18, at 7.30 o'clock, his subject being Anthropology, or the Scientific Method Applied to Man; including an historical sketch of the new science, its method and scope; the anthropological method illustrated by special subjects, such as the old and new ideas of the world, man's age in the world, his physical and mental development, the question of progress or retrogression: sociology and the development of the social condition; and advantages to be gained from anthropological study. The lectures will...
...English department and a dozen undergraduates met at the house of Professor Briggs, yesterday afternoon, to discuss the project of forming an English Club. It was proposed to organize a society similar to the Historical Society and the Classical Club. There was an informal talk on the subject, but nothing definite was decided upon. It was thought best to leave the matter to the undergraduates present who will perfect plans and report in the near future...
...modern scholars have sometimes soberly offered the most ridiculous theories to explain Homeric difficulties. However, the study of Homer at the present time is more intelligent than ever before, one reason being that our text is a very pure one, better even than the one used by Virgil. The subject matter of the poem, too, has been thoroughly illumined by the united learning of many eminent scholars; mythology, likewise, is better understood, as is also the civilization of the Homeric age. So that with improved helps and a better point of view we are prepared to do good work...