Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...already past middle life, in slender health, without experience in teaching, or indeed in routine work of any kind. His life had been that of a gentleman of leisure, spent in reading, travel, correspondence, and only occasionally writing for publication. With little technical training he undertook to teach a subject novel to the University, in which as yet there was no department; a subject, too, regarded with suspicion by influential sections of the community. Under such untoward circumstances--yes, by very means of them--he soon won honor for himself and his subject, a unique position of dignity among...
...student body his influence has been of the same nature as that felt by the Faculty; for he is made all of a piece. His personal kindnesses have been innumerable and untraceable, and his following can probably be paralleled only by one other teacher of our time. The subject which he taught for many years was elected by everybody almost as a matter of course; and all regarded it, high students or low, as one of the signal events of the college years. Like Geology 4, Fine Arts 3 was a "soft course." Would there were more such! Under Professor...
...working out in detail of the scheme adopted at the conference, subject to the approval of the three associations, provides for the selection of the judges from a list of 30 submitted by the home teams to their opponents, seven weeks before the debate. Within one week from the receipt of each list, the names will be returned, those deemed satisfactory marked in order of preference, and the final choice of three made as soon afterwards as possible. In regard to the subject, a list of three questions will be submitted to each of the three governing boards...
...Boston, will deliver the second of his series of eight lectures on "Buddhist Doctrine" in Emerson F this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. The topic of the lecture, which will be open to the public, is "A Statement of Modern Buddhist Doctrines in Western Terms." This was the subject of Dr. Bigelow's first lecture, but he was unable at that time to treat the subject with sufficient thoroughness...
Congressman Samuel W. McCall, of Winchester, will speak on a subject of present political interest in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The speech will be under the auspices of the Republican Club. All Republicans in the University are requested to assemble in front of Holworthy at 7 o'clock, as there will be a short parade with red-fire torches preceding the lecture, similar to the parade before the last Republican Club address, by Hon. Herbert Parker. The procession will be led by the University band, and by the executive committees...