Word: air
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Greek theatre furnishes contrasts, not parallels, to that of modern times. The Greeks produced an audience of thirty thousand to our possible three thousand, they sat in the open air, they went to theatre much as we go to church, and the actors wore masks, and had no harmony in singing. Greek theatre-going was for only three days, at the Dionysiac festival. The people at this time creased in holiday attire; the taverns were thrown open, bowls of free wine were everywhere and it was considered a solemn duty to get intoxicated. The streets were filled with mountebanks...
...been catching him in the cage considerably, and the other batteries have been Downer and Howland, Luce and Mason, Young and Rabbitt '91. Howe, '93, has also done considerable pitching and is about the most promising candidate among the freshmen for the pitcher's position. Yesterday afternoon the air was raw and the work of the men was not up to the average. Captain Linn batted to the men, first with Trafford '93, on first base, Dean, '91, on second, Bates '90, on third, and Soule '93, at short-stop. Bowman, '91, Cummings '91, and Neff, '92, were...
...Cello Solo, Air, -Bach...
...catch thereby weakening his stroke greatly; 7 is unsteady in his time; 6 goes back too far and is slow with his hands; 5 has a serious hang and is slow at the catch; 4 bends his arms too soon, keeps bad time, rows his oar high in the air on the recover and often feathers under water on account of an uncertain finish; 3, slow with his hands; bow slow at the finish and weak at the catch. Following are the names and latest weights: Goddard 181, Jones 161, Tilton 191. Upham 1901/2, Finlay 1921/2, Perkins 167, Powers...
...various forms in which matter exists are the results of different influences brought to bear upon the primary substance. This theory was superseded by the four element theories of the school of Aristotle which taught that all matter was the result of the combination of tire, water, earth and air This theory held during the Middle Ages and was the inspiration of the Alchemists who thought that, since all the metals were composed of these four elements and no others, it would be possible to convert the baser metals into the precious ones by a simple change. The decomposition...