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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Tarbell delivered an interesting lecture last evening in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory on Epidauros and the Worship of Asklepios. The subject he declared, is of special interest to us on account of the connection of the worship of Asklepios with the real or supposed art of healing among the Greeks. The worship of Asklepios as the god from whom men derived power to cure wounds and diseases seems to have originated in Thessaly, but in prehistoric times had spread widely over Greece. The god's most important sanctuary was the Epidauros, and his greatest shrines throughout Greece were the offshoots...
...deliberate attempt made by certain persons to throw discredit upon Harvard by concocting this story-or if there be any truth in Mr. Ammerman's statement that he was made such an offer (in its nature hardly flattering to himself). in the light of the evidence on the subject it would seem more probable that the tempter was an imposter making these advances under the guise of a Harvard man, with the deliberate purpose of subsequently making capital therefrom, than that Harvard athletics were responsible...
...librarian of Rutgers college has offered a prize for the encouragement of the study of American literature. Twenty-five dollars yearly will be awarded to that member of the junior or senior class who shall write the best essay upon a subject assigned in the field of American literature. The subject for the present year is "Benjamin Franklin as a man of letters...
...ROGERS, President.FINANCE CLUB.- The subject of "Nationalism" will be presented Tuesday evening, December 10, by George D. A yers, president of the Nationalist club, and S. Baxter, Esq., of Boston...
FINANCE CLUB.- The subject of "Nationalism" will be presented Tuesday evening, December 10, by George D. Ayers, president of the Nationalist club, and S. Baxter, Esq., of Boston...