Word: youngest
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Professor Murray, of Oxford, England, is only twenty-four years of age and is probably the youngest man ever elected to a first-class chair in any of the great English universities...
...General view of the contents of Babylonian books" was the subject of Professor Lyons lecture yesterday afternoon. The Babylonians and Assyrians had many libraries at Larsa, Cuthra, Sippar, Calah and Nineveh. From the last named, the youngest of all (668-626 B. C.) many of the most valuable books have come. The writings may be classed as historical, imaginative, religious, scientific and social. The historical records, giving the accounts of the royal wars, limits and erection of cities, palaces and temples, are written on rock mountain sides, on stone statues, monuments, and slabs, but especially on clay books...
President Hyde, of Bowdoin College, who will occupy the chapel pulpit Sunday evening, is a graduate of Havard. He was a member of the class of '81. Abundant testimony of President Hyde's ability is given by the position which he holds. He is one of the youngest college presidents in the country...
...which is about three-fourths of an inch less than the corresponding measurement in '91, and is probably the shortest measurement recorded in several years. The oldest is 26 years and 6 months, against 25 years and 8 months last year. The youngest man is 16 years and 2 months. The average age of the class is 18 years, 8 months and 26 days...
...recently resigned, and the appointment of his successor is awaited with great interest. Among the candidates are Rev. David L. Hill, LL. D., president of Bicknell University, Lewisburg, Penn., and Professor E. H. Johnson, D. D., of Crozier Theological Seminary, Chester, Penn. Dr. Hill is one of the youngest college presidents in the country, but has written text books on rhetoric, logic and psychology...