Word: originally
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...annual dinner of the Signet Alumni Association was held Saturday evening at the University Club, Boston. The speaker of the evening was President Eliot, who referred to the origin of the society thirty years ago, and spoke of the development of the University since then. Professor Kittredge and Professor Palmer and Mr. Edward B. Hunt, '78, also spoke. Professor March, President of the Association, presided...
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.- Botanical Section.- Meeting this evening at 7.30 in 24 Hilton. Mr. Fernald will speak upon "The Geographical Origin and Distribution of Maine Plants...
...faculty, graduates and advanced students in the college on "The System of Graduate Courses in Cambridge University." Professor Andrew Seth of Edinburgh University, delivered two lectures on "Theism." Karl Brugmann, Professor of Indogermanic Philology in the University of Leipsic, delivered a lecture in German on "The Nature and origin of the Noun Genders in the Indogermanic Languages." The last of the lectures was given by A. A. W. Hubrecht, Professor of Zoology in the University of Utrecht, Holland, on "The Descent of the Primates...
...introduction Professor Doerpfeld showed on the screen a number of the best preserved Doric temples-including the Parthenon and the so-called Theseum-edifices which exhibit the order in its perfection; and then raised the question as to the origin of the Doric temple. According to the traditional belief, the Doric temple in its finest forms was a spontaneous creation, springing complete and perfect from the brain of Greek architects, as Athena, with helmet and spear, darted into life from the head of Zeus. Numerous excavations conducted in recent years have demonstrated the incorrectness of this view. They have shown...
...conclusion, he remarked that although in its elements the Doric temple was of foreign origin, it was to the genius of Greek architects that we owe this most perfect of all creations...