Word: landing
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...great maritime empire in the Mycenaean Age were due entirely to the advantageous position of Crete. Thus when commerce and enterprise were fairly under way, Crete found itself nearer to Cyprus and Troy and also nearer to the Delta of the Nile than any other Greek or Aegean land. Crete, then, could be taken as a middle point between Europe, Africa and Asia, and it was made possible for the diffusion of Egyptian germs to be transmitted through Crete into Northern Europe. Hence we need feel no surprise when we note that the first historical datum in the history...
General Oliver O. Howard, director of the Lincoln Memorial University in Kentucky, will speak at the Old Cambridge Baptist church tomorrow evening at 7.45 o'clock on "The Education of White Boys and Girls in the Cumber land Mountains." Abraham Lincoln was born in these mountains and it was in his honor that the university was named A cordial invitation to be present is extended...
...special subject to be treated the first morning of the meeting will be "The Crusades and the East." Professor A. C. Coolidge will open the discussion and four papers will be read relating to the subject. President James B. Angell, University of Michigan, will land a paper on "The Capitulations in Turkey." On Thursday morning there will be a public session of the "Church History, Section" and in the evening a joint meeting will be held with the American Economic Association at hich the presidents of both associations will give addresses. The session on "Western History" will be held...
...students got little use out of it. The practical failure of last year's rink was due to several causes. In the first place, its small size restricted its use almost wholly to the members of the hockey team. In the second place, it was built on reclaimed land, which caused the water to run out and the ice to crack in consequence when the tide was low. This year arrangements must be made early if the project of having a rink is to be successful, and there is no reason why it should not be so. The most important...
...boat house is in most respects very much like the one which was destroyed last December. Instead of seven entrances from the land side, however, there is now only one large entrance leading into a vestibule. This vestibule opens into the main hall of the building where there are racks for 64 eight-oared shells. To the right of this hall is the work-shop which is large enough to receive two eights at one time for repairs. On the other side of the main hall there is a tank about twenty feet wide and forty feet long. Behind...