Word: mountain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Norwich, Conn., four manuscript volumes containing the letters of his uncle, John B. Noyes, of the Class of 1858. Noyes enlisted as a private early in the Civil War, became a captain of the 28th Massachusetts Volunteers, and after passing through a long and active service, including Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, was brevetted Colonel U. S. Volunteers. His letters were written to various members of his family, and form an unbroken series from his first garrison duty at Fort Independence through the year 1864. Mr. Noyes died...
...subject to dispute. His scientific division of the ways in which classics should be taught appears somewhat obscure and doubtful. Why may not a student follow more than one point of view in reading an author if that author deserves such a consideration? When a man climbs a mountain, whether he is a botanist, a geologist, or a mere climber, he must have one look at the vegetation, another at the ground, and another at the vistas about him. If he fails to appreciate any of these three realities about him, he may still remain a good geologist...
...awarded the great honor for unusually heroic work in driving his ambulance over exceptionally difficult mountain roads under shell fire, almost continuously, for eight days, during which time he obtained scarcely any sleep or rest...
...less selection among the men coming from them; proximity is here a large factor. It would be fairer to New England were it possible to give position in a corresponding list drawn up at a university outside. At any rate, it is clear that a man from the Rocky Mountain States has as great an opportunity for distinction in the University as a man from Massachusetts...
Class A.New England States, 45Middle Atlantic States, 19Middle Western States, 6Southern States, 1Southwestern States, 4Pacific States, 2Class B.New England States, 170Middle Atlantic States, 63Middle Western States, 34Southern States, 8Southwestern States, 7Pacific States, 3Rocky Mountain States...