Word: world
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...said that the rewards of the scholars in the University were less evident than those of the athletes, who could command audiences of thousands. He introduced Dr. Wm. Everett '59, who spoke on the value of a scholar's training and on the value of the student to the world in every department of life...
...consular system of the United States and showed wherein these systems were related to civil service. Professor Macvane spoke on civil service in England, showing the advantages of the English over the American system. Germany and England have, at present, the most fully developed civil service system in the world...
...pounds at his death to the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Saint Andrews, in order that they might arrive at a clearer conception of natural religion. The lectures, last year, were very successful and are now being printed. The first half, under the title of "The World and the Individual," by Professor Royce, will appear in a few days and will be used in his courses. The subjects of the lectures are always the same, but different aspects are taken up at each meeting. Professor James is now in Scotland, but will not lecture until Professor Royce arrives, when...
...oldest college in the world is Mohammand College at Cairo which was 1000 years old when Oxford was founded. It has 11,000 students...
...meteors thus far observed have given no indication of the shower predicted. There is a possibility, however, that the shower has not been altogether missed, since, if it took place here in the day time, observations may have been made in another part of the world...