Word: classicism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...students and scholars this will always remain a fruitful theme for discussion, and especially to those upholders of the American claim to superiority residing at the "Hub of the Universe" and classic shades of neighboring Cambridge. The Transcript in an interesting article carries on the discussion in an able manner...
...Americans to be honored by a niche in the "poet's corner" of the famous English abbey. Harvard, for her part, will receive gratefully this tribute to the memory of him who was so long connected with it and who remained till the end a resident near her classic shades...
With suitable draperiesand the weird light, shed by the solitary candle at the end of the hall, we can imagine no scene more solemn and impressive. It would combine the classic beauty of one of Alma-Tadema's pictures with all the sombre melancholy of modern realism...
...which we give in another column, will be received with pleasure, not only by the friends of the classies but by everyone who wishes to see America occupying an equal position with European countries in archaeological pursuits and discoveries. "The object," we are told, "of the American School of Classical Studies is to furnish to graduates of American colleges without charge for tuition, an opportunity to study classical literature, art, and antiquities in Athens, under suitable guidance; to prosecute and to aid original research in these subjects; and to co-operate with the Archaeological Institute of America...
...subscription book business is fast passing into the hands of college students. According to the University Magazine the canvassing agent has invaded even the classic hills of Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania. Those going from Yale and Princeton are said to be principally juniors and seniors...