Word: households
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Tomorrow afternoon R.T. Paine, Jr., '88 will address the National Municipal League on "The Elimination of Party Designations in Municipal Elections." Dr. J.Q. Adams '53 will address the Civic Association on "Household Decoration" Thursday morning, and that afternoon will report as chairman of a committee on "Municipal Art." In the morning session W.W. Taylor '04, President Rookwood Pottery, will speak on "Cincinnati Municipal...
...Wheelock rose and introduced the last speaker as follows: "Now a toast to one whom we all love and respect, and one whose name has become a household name the world over. President Eliot rose to speak, wearing the decoration which had just been conferred upon him, and corresponding to that which Baron Takahira wore. The President's speech ran in part as follows: "Since I have listened to the speeches I have wondered what fundamental forces there may be which will bring an end to war." Here he branched off to speak of the honor which had been done...
...Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology has recently received two interesting and valuable accessions. One, by the gift of Dr. Alexander Agassiz '55, director of the University Museum, consists of a valuable collection of war implements, household utensils and trinkets, collected by Dr. Agassiz during his visit to Africa last winter. The collection comprises more than 200 specimens, obtained from the Bantu, Nandi, Lumbwa and Masai tribes of negroes, in the vicinity of Lake Victoria, British Uganda Protectorate, and British East Africa. These tribes are from three separate African stocks and speak three different languages. There are also some specimens...
...University has received from Mr. Louis H. Farlow a large and comprehensive collection of household utensils, stone tools and dishes, fishing nets, games, weapons, and ceremonial objects, illustrating the art and customs of the Karok Indians of the Upper Klamath River in Northern California and of the Tolowa Indians of the same region. This is probably the most complete collection of old material in the country, comprising over 400 specimens...
...natives of the region around the upper Uaupes River. The collection includes dance costumes, feather headdresses, rattles, whistles, drums and other paraphernalia used in their dances and ceremonies, blow guns with poisoned arrows, ordinary bows and arrows, ceremonial staffs used for carrying the head of the enemy, and various household objects such as wooden seats, hammocks, baskets...