Word: amid
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President Lowell received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Columbia University yesterday at its 155th annual commencement. In bestowing the degree upon President Lowell, President Butler said: "Succeeding amid universal applause to a post of great dignity and responsibility; publicist, author and servant of man's highest interests; president of Harvard University, I admit you to the degree of Doctor of Laws in this University...
...poetry, Mr. Nickerson's "Ballad" is pretty in thought and execution. Mr. Bell's "Sonnet" has lost its fifth line somewhere on the way to press--an important line giving the clue to the protagonists of the octave. But even without knowing exactly who or what they are which "amid the darkness shine," one is justified in saying that it is a good piece of verse displaying Mr. Bell's usual facility in handling the sonnet form. "Before Morning" by T. S. E. fails in effect; one is jolted, not impressed. "Marah" by Mr. Pulsifer is better. Mr. Greene...
...race was started shortly after 2 O'clock, under the most adverse weather conditions. After a wait of some minutes in a cold drizzle of rain, the crews were obliged to contend against a head-wind, amid seas which threatened to swamp them at any moment. The oars-manship exhibited under these circumstances was creditable to both crews...
...delicate picturesqueness,--the contestants decked out in gala attire, and the vast concourse of onlookers displaying ostentatiously their brilliant outing costumes. The umpire was at times whimsical and at the third inning called the game on account of dampness. But nothing daunted the two teams and they played on amid cataract and slough. At the end of the game the special delegates from the mathematical department declared the score to be 8 to 7 in favor of the Lampoons. The regular game will be played next week, and then, and then only, can a true estimate be made...
...Professor Norton, of the human." And perhaps Mr. Bryce's words best sum up what we all feel and what these writers in different ways have fittingly expressed: "His clear and luminous intellect, shining with a steady glow, has been a beacon light to many who seek their way amid the tossing waters that surround us. Loving beauty in literature and in art, and seeing the need of it for the delight of life and the refinement of character, he has never allowed his apostleship of beauty to divert him from the pursuit of goodness and truth...