Word: objections
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...American School at Athens, a summary of which we give in another column, will be received with pleasure, not only by the friends of the classies but by everyone who wishes to see America occupying an equal position with European countries in archaeological pursuits and discoveries. "The object," we are told, "of the American School of Classical Studies is to furnish to graduates of American colleges without charge for tuition, an opportunity to study classical literature, art, and antiquities in Athens, under suitable guidance; to prosecute and to aid original research in these subjects; and to co-operate with...
...operating colleges will cease. The present method of maintaining the school has been accompanied with good results in awaking a more wide-spread interest throughout the country than could ever have been accomplished with a permanent endowment. "The close union of fifteen colleges in the promotion of a common object is a spectacle unique in this country, where the relations between the colleges are far too slight, and it is a cheering indication of the future successful development among us of classical studies in fields hitherto little cultivated...
...certainly an agreeable surprise for a man to be able to recognize his own name, either in the quinquennial catalogue or in the commencement program, which is open to the same objections in its present form as the catalogue. In addition to the names, there are the strange abbreviations which are intended to make known to the world the honors which have been received by each man, but which, in a great many cases, fail to accomplish their object...
Early in May Grant moved across the river to a position near the old battle field of Chancellorsville and in the thickly wooded district known as the "Wilderness." His object was to pass to the south of General Lee and get into the open country so that his numerical superiority could be made available. He was delayed and Lee advanced close to him. Grant ordered his troops to attack and this they did many times in the two days of the battle of the Wilderness, but little was gained and many were killed and wounded. Counter attacks by the enemy...
EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON- I should like to improve the opportunity afforded by Gen. Swift's lecture on the temperance question, to set forth the nature and objects of the Total Abstinence League. Two years ago this spring attention was especially drawn to the disgraceful drinking habits prevalent in the college, and several meetings were held with the object of forming a society for the purpose of checking this evil if possible. All shades of opinion were represented in the preliminary meetings, and very lively discussions took place as to the principles on which the society should be based. Those...