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An Italian Passage
Modern American scholarship in the humanities owes its largest debt to nineteenth-century German scholarship. Yet, the Americans' struggle to assimilate German learning was difficult and protracted. During the 1800s American students traveled to German universities in increasing numbers. The first generation studied mainly philology. Though they were attracted by the humanistic vision that had fired Humboldt and Herder, they could not reconcile it with the practice of scholarship. Few returned to America with usable skills.
Stolen Dreams
When the eleven- and twelve-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA All-Star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1955, it put the team and the forces of integration on a collision course with segregation, bigotry, and the southern way of life. White teams refused to take the field with the Cannon Street All-Stars, the first Black Little League team in South Carolina. The Cannon Street team won the tournament by forfeit and advanced to the state tournament. When all the white teams withdrew in protest, the Cannon Street team won the state tournament. If the team had won the regional tournament in Rome, Georgia, it would have advanced to the Little Leag...
Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
