Word: alexandria
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...debate between the representatives of Yale and Princeton will be held Alexandria Hall, Princeton, tonight. The question will be, "Resolved, That it would be wise to establish in respect of all state legislation of a general character, a system of referendum similar to that of Switzerland." Yale has the negative of the question and Princeton has the affirmative. The Princeton men will speak in the following order in first speeches: R. B. Perry '96, R. O. Kirkwood '97, and E. W. Hamilton '96. For second speeches, Kirkwood and Perry. The order of the Yale men will be: For first speeches...
...estimated that the Olympic fund raised in Greece to meet the expense of the revival of the Olympic games next April at Athens will reach 1,000,000 drachmae or $193,000, besides 600,000 drachmae given by a Greek merchant of Alexandria, named Averoff, for the purpose of rebuilding the Panathenaic Stadion. The crown prince and his brothers are deeply interested in the enterprise. The king having promised to award in person the prizes of silver olive wreaths, and the Government will issue special commemorative postage stamps, a part of the proceeds of which will go to the Olympic...
...everything was due to antecedent causes. Thus science departed from the theistic conception. For a while Greek learning made rapid progress, but by the advent of the Romans it was crushed. Science ceased to have a place among the arts in Greece. Many learned Greeks found their way to Alexandria, where, until the burning of the library, science was fostered...
...protect American citizens and possessions abroad. - (1) Nicaragua Canal: Mahan p. 33.- (2)Chinese Riots. - (3)Alexandria, 1882: Spectator, XXXV. 916. - (4) Panama Canal Riots 1885. - (5)Chili...
...with others in regard to the funds for the proposed religious building. Saville, Ladd, and Morse were appointed as an executive committee to represent the society at the conference on this building. Messrs. White and Saville were chosen delegates to the Church Students Missionary Society, which will meet in Alexandria, Virginia, during the earlier part of January. Dr. King of Christ Church has put at the disposal of the society his church and choir for a series of four sermons to be delivered during the winter by bishops and prominent men in the Episcopal Church. A committee was appointed...