Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...publication of more of the volumes in the "Harvard Oriental Series," a collection dealing with the literature, history and religions of ancient India, is being seriously delayed by the war, according to a statement made by Professor C. R. Lanman, of the Department of Sanskrit, and editor of the Oriental Series...
...Brooks House this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The varied program for the International Night consists of ten numbers, in which as many different nationalities are represented. The Chinese will be represented and will render some Chinese pieces, several poems will be given in Scotch, a Greek drama, "An Ancient Thanksgiving," will also be given, several other representative acts will be given and the program will be closed by singing "My Country 'Tis of Thee." The greater part of the program will be rendered by members of the University...
...Greece: a play, "An Ancient Thanksgiving...
...theology just published. "The Religious Thought of the Greeks from Homer to the Triumph of Christianity" takes up the history of Greek religious ideas. The book, by Clifford Herschel Moore '89, Professor of Latin, deals primarily with the genetic development of the higher phases of religion, and discusses also ancient morality, Roman religion, Oriental cults, and early Christianity. Shailer Matthews, Professor of Historical and Comparative Theology and Dean of the Divinity School in the University of Chicago, and William Belden Noble Lecturer at the University for 1916, has a book on "The Spiritual Interpretation of History." The author seeks...
...long been associated with patriotic devotion that its value to a state has become axiomatic. When the cave-men first banded together to enjoy community life, they surely selected some guttural sounds which signified that they were ever ready to defend that newly-formed union. And so in ancient, mediaeval and modern times, each country has had its stirring call to duty. No one can question the power which "La Marseillaise" or even "Deutschland Ueber Alles" have exerted over their respective peoples. The United States of America has selected the "Star Spangled Banner" as its means of arousing patriotism...