Word: diffusionism
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"We are told that our art is ephemeral. Grant that it creates nothing, but does it not restore? It acts as a constant medium for the diffusion of noble ideas. The wide appreciation of Shakspere is due to the stage; for multitudes it has performed the office of discoverer." After...
Other noticeable subjects are the following: Is a monarchical government the best? Aff. 1698. Is agriculture the most honorable of all secular employments? Aff. 1725, 1755. Is the diffusion of knowledge among all the citizens necessary to the existence of the republic ? Aff. 1781. Is the starry heaven made of...
In a recent number of the North American, Edward Everett Hale in his paper on the "School Forces," gives as one indication of the diffusion of culture among the American people, the large and increasing number of colleges in the country, especially in the West.
There can be no doubt that a very considerable movement of "reform" is beginning to make itself felt among our American colleges in the matter of athletic sports. Not only among educators and college men has the question been attracting much attention during the past few years, but since President...
The considerations that led us to this step are very patent. The magenta is not now, and, as was shown in the meeting, never has been, the right color of Harvard; accordingly the name, as applied to the paper, would be a mere vagary, or, worse, a solecism, in case...