Word: war
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...years until 1898. He had been a member of the State Library Commission, of the State Board of Charities, of the Massachusetts Historical Society and of the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester; of the Lancaster Town Library and Committee, and of the G. A. R. During the Civil War he was adjutant and captain of the 55th Illinois volunteers. He was professor of ancient languages at the Phillips Exeter Academy from 1853 to 1955. As an author he was the writer of many well-known antiquarian works...
...Ralph D. Paine, Yale '94, will speak in the Living Room of the Union at 7.30 o'clock tonight. The subject of his talk will be "The Philippine War and the Power in China...
...charge of poor markmanship, with the statement that the efficiency along this line was superior to what it had ever before been in the United States Navy. Speaking of the new ships now being built, he brought out the fact that the United States was building not because war was wanted, but because war is contemplated as a dread possibility. Mr. Moody closed with an appeal for American citizens to find out what they could do for the country and then to do it to the best of their ability...
...speaking of the scientific work of the government, emphasized the need for men of the highest type produced by our universities. In Washington today, the Government controls the largest and most efficient body of scientists in the world. Their work, done under the supervision of the Departments of War, Navy and Agriculture, concerns itself with science, not for science's sake, but for the practical benefit to be derived. The unequalled opportunities for valuable scientific work were, he said, the attractions which kept men in the country's service in spite of the inducement of higher salaries in private life...
...Benjamin Rand has just published the fourth edition of his "Selections Illustrating Economic History since the Seven Years' War." This work was originally issued as a text-book to accompany the course of lectures, given here by Professor Dunbar; and was also adopted for a similar purpose in other American universities. Five new chapters appear in the present edition, and bring the economic history down to the end of the nineteenth century. Of special interest among the new selections is one by Professor Charles F. Dunbar on "The American Legal Tender Paper," and another by Professor F. W. Tanssig...