Word: place
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have worked among the ruins of Babylon, will speak at 11 o'clock this morning in the Fogg Lecture Room on his recent work near Nippur, south east of Babylon. The discoveries made by Dr. Peters since 1889 have far eclipsed the efforts of the French archaeologists, Botta, Place and de Sarzec, and the Englishmen, Layard, Rassam and Smith...
...preparation for the Harvard and Princeton debates next spring, the Yale Debating Association will give interclub debating a much more prominent place than heretofore. As far as possible dates have been made for numerous interclub debates in order that the work may be systematized. The debates will also be made as public as possible, not only to make it more worth while to be a representative of a team, but also to give the men more assurance when they speak before large audience. Formality in choosing the men will widen the interest in the clubs. These changes from the policy...
Next Thursday there will be a debate with the William E. Russell club of Boston University, on the question chosen for the Harvard-Princeton debate. The Wranglers will support the affirmative. The meeting will take place in Isaac Rich Hall, Ashburton place, Boston, at eight o'clock...
...first shoot will take place of Friday evening in the cage, and regular shoots will follow on Wednesday and Friday evenings. As soon as possible two teams will be picked. Matches are being arranged with the Light and Heavy Artillery of the Battery A, with a team of officers of the Naval Brigade and with the Smith and Wesson team. There is also the possibility of a match with Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania...
...public benefaction, Harvard has not received any great gift for a library building. It is useless to expect an ample equipment and a generous building from any other source." In summarizing the requirements, Professor Lane puts beauty first because he believes "that the Library does not take the place it should in the life of the University and of the individual student unless it is something more than a mere storehouse or tool-shop. It should have a quiet dignity, a fineness of proportion and beauty of detail both within and without, which in skilled hands are not incompatible with...