Word: european
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Berlin and Paris, he was appointed instructor in history at Johns Hopkins. After a year in this position, he went to the University of Wisconsin as instructor in history, and in 1890 and 1891 was successively promoted to the positions of assistant professor of history and professor of European history, holding the latter until 1902. In the winter of 1899 and 1900 he held the position of lecturer on history in Harvard University, and in 1902 received his appointment as professor of the same subject. Professor Haskins has written numerous articles on historical subjects and the teaching of history...
After five years of experimenting with the European plan, the directors of Memorial Hall have decided to propose the adoption of the American plan to the members of the dining association and a vote will be taken on this proposition today. Nobody seems to be able to find out just what is the matter with Memorial or in fact what has been the matter for the past few years. Different directorates have proposed different remedies, new schemes have been tried and generally discarded as unsatisfactory after a few weeks' trial, and the price of board has fluctuated during all these...
From Dr. P. R. Uhler, the Museum has received the Meyer Duehr series of European hemiptera. This collection contains a very large number of species determined by Dr. Franz Fieber. Another gift of great scientific value has been received from Dr. G. W. Peckham and Mrs. Elizabeth G. Peckham; it consists of a considerable number of attidae, or jumping spiders. Mr. Thomas Barbour has presented the Museum with collections from India, Burmah, the Dutch East Indies, and New Guinea, which have enriched the study series of specimens in every department. Among the more notable of these, is a series...
...James Schouler '59: "In the Woods and on The Shore," by R. D. Ware '90: "John Keats," by A. E. Hancock, A.M. '95; "Mongols of Russia," by Jeremiah Curtin '63; "New Old Healing," by Henry Wood '92; "Richard the Third," by H. H. Furness '88; "Readings in Modern European History," Vol. I. by J. H. Robinson '87 and J. A. Beard: "The American Executive and Executive Methods," by J. H. Finley L.'71 and J. F. Sanderson; "Viva Mexico," by C. M. Flandran '95; "The Memoirs of a Failure," by D. W. Kittredge '02; "The Control of Public Utilities...
...value of a postal savings bank was shown during the recent panic, when foreigners bought $8,000,000 worth of money orders drawn to themselves, rather than trust to the banks. All European countries have adopted this system, so that the ignorant foreigner, accustomed to have the security of the government at home, is totally at a loss in this country. As a result he sends his money home, to Europe. This loss could easily be stopped by the establishment of these postal savings banks. The farmer, who hoards his savings, would also entrust them to a safe and convenient...