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...student of French history and literature will enjoy a profusely illustrated article by Amelia Gere Mason on "Salons of the Empire and Restoration." The salons of Madame de Montesson, Mme. de Remusat, Mme. Recamier, and other brilliant women of that age are vividly described and penpictures are drawn of the wits and geniuses who frequented them. The causes that led to the decline of the salon are indicated-chief among which was the rise in power of the press, for when the press assumed the sovereignty, the salon was dethroned...
...which had become a fossil, contained gold plate and coins which weighed 100 pounds and whose value was $25,000. Dr. Schlieman opened in all 6 tombs and found many valuable relics of gold, silver and bronze. These tombs are all thought to belong to the mythical age before the Dorian invasion of the Peloponnesus. Tiryns like Mycenae was at its height during the heroic age and was the home of many great demagogues. After the Dorian invasion Tiryns and Mycenal were both subjects of Argos. Dr. Schlieman found ruins of large palaces, at Tiryns and Mycenae, which so resemble...
...first report of the secretary of the class of 1890 again brings forward a few interesting statistics about the average age of students graduating from Harvard. In the past eleven years the average age has increased almost exactly eight months-practically one college year. This increase would not be so significant were it not for the fact that it has been so steady, each year seeing a slight raise over the year before it. Our friends who have been advocating the reduction in the requirements for the degree have frequently pointed out that the average age of students...
Ninety is the only class mentioned in the report that had a larger actual membership in the senior than in the freshman year. The number of men from New England, and the average age at Commencement (22 yrs. 10.8 mos.) are also greater than in previous years. In politics there is a marked falling off in the ranks of the Independents, and more have decided on the law as their probable occupation than on any other one thing...
...Roman father was the sole head of the family and the wife and children were under his charge. The sons and daughters never attained an age at which they were free from the power of the father. When the sons married their wives and children also came into the power of the father and so on, the descendants always being under the power of the oldest male of the family, who controlled all the affairs and who owned all the property and slaves and had the power of life and death over the children. This, as may be seen...