Word: traveling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...both Goethe and Schiller are principally laid, the one a patrician and of high rank, the other a plebian of poor parents. Goethe was born at Frankfort on the Main, August 28, 1749. His father was not very rich and had a meagre education which he gained mostly from travel; his mother was quite different, for she was a woman of broad intellect and a kind heart, and seemed to the young poet more like a companion than a mother. When only ten years old Goethe wrote Latin correctly, and while still a child delighted in entertaining his youthful mates...
...architecture, one to be known as "The Columbia Fellowship in Architecture," available every year and amounting to $1.300, the other to be known as "The McKim Fellowship in Architecture," available every other year, and amounting to $1,000. The money in both cases must be used in foreign travel and study...
...until next spring. The car tracks have been placed in position on the Boston-half of the bridge, and will be extended when the planking is all laid. The Cambridge approach is being filled in with gravel as rapidly as possible, and as soon as this is finished light travel will probably be allowed over, the bridge. The dedication of the structure will not take place before next spring...
...retiring disposition prevented his forming a large circle of acquaintances, yet his few friends seemed to hold for him in no ordinary degree a deep respect and love. As a scholar he ranked among the the first of his class, and his breadth of character, strengthened and nourished by travel, was a marked feature in his life. He always took an active interest in all college affairs, but especially in those for advancing the interests of Harvard. His moral nature was exceptionally pure, and could not fail to impress all with whom he came in contact...
...Princeton Glee Club, during August, is to give a series of concerts in California, Oregon and Washington Territory. Twenty men will make up the party which will travel by special car. On the way out concerts will be given at Omaha, Salt Lake City, and on the return trip at St. Paul's Minneapolis and Chicago...