Word: womens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...England Magazine for April has an article of special interest for Harvard men on "Women's Work at the Harvard Observatory" by Miss Helen L. Reed. Miss Reed was the Annex student who won the Sargent prize for the best metrical translation of the Odes of Horace. The article is well illustrated and gives a good description of the work at the observatory, in addition to the part which women take there. Miss Reed offers good proof that Astronomy has use for women, for several have brought new and important discoveries to bear on the movements of variable stars...
...Philippians. He said: It is interesting to see the attitude of the great men of the world when the lens is turned upon them. In this instance, we see Paul interested in doing good for the world, wholly unconscious of himself; on the other hand, the two women whom Paul mentions, were thinking only of themselves, were given up to selfishness. Paul and these women illustrate two kinds of lives which are open to us. We can devote ourselves to the good of our country and of our fellow men or we can think only of ourselves and lead lives...
...senate of the University of St. Andrews, the oldest in Scotland, has decided to open to women the university's departments of theology, arts and sciences...
...feature which most interests the general public, and which will be immediately put into operation next fall is the following, which is believed to be one of the most important movements yet made in this country for the highest education of women...
...design to establish an annex or other rival of the colleges already existing for women, but to receive the graduates of the colleges and give them as good opportunities for the most advantageous research and education as can be found in Europe...