Word: topic
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Henry Irving will address the graduating class of the University of Chicago on March 24 by invitation of President Harper. The subject has not been announced, but will probably be on some topic relating to the stage...
...fifth annual session of the Harvard Teachers' Association was held Saturday at 9.30 in Sever 11. The topic for discussion was "A Wider Range of Electives in College Admission Requirements...
...notice of "Football Talks" reminds us that amongst all the lectures which we have under the auspices of the University, no distinctive course has as yet appeared which deals with "Physical Culture." Lectures on this topic, and on practical Hygeine would, we imagine, be particularly acceptable, for, while the number of men exercising during the winter months is no doubt large, yet the number who take rightly directed, systematic exercise, is, we believe, woefully small, largely because of ignorance of the practical necessity of system in regard to bodily gymnastics...
...Sumner Prize, offered for the best dissertation on a subject connected with the topic of Universal Peace and the methods by which war may be permanently superceded, is particularly applicable at this time. The subjects on which prizes have been taken, printed in the catalogue, are rather more profound than would be ordinarily expected. As this prize offers a fine opportunity for intelligent study of the questions of peace and war, it is to be hoped that there will be a good many essays handed in for this prize. This prize is open to any student of the University...
...committee shall report to the president of Columbia College not later than May 1st of the year designated for the award. If special topics of investigation shall have been recommended and no work upon these topics shall appear worthy of a prize, the committee shall have power to confer the prizes upon the authors of the most meritorious works falling within the provisions above laid down in Paragraph III, and published within the preceding ten years. If but a single work upon a suggested topic shall appear worthy of a prize, the committee shall have power to award the second...