Word: ancient
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...North American continent is divided into districts which are more or less definitely distinguished by the differences in the characteristic forms of art and culture among the ancient inhabitants. There was one type of art on the northwestern coast, another in a district that begins south of this and extends eastward past the Great Lakes and by way of the St. Lawrence to the Atlantic coast; two districts adjoining each other in the middle Atlantic region and extending to the west and south; the Pueblo district in the southwest, and another around California. There are marks of a migration from...
...departments of Ancient Languages, four graduate courses in Semitic Languages, four courses in the IndoIranian Languages, one course in Greek, and seven courses in Latin, have been added to the list of the current year...
This evening at 8 o'clock in Sever 11, an address will be given under the auspices of the Harvard Religious Union by Swami Vivekanada, a Hindoo monk. The public are invited. Vivekananda is an adberent of the ancient Brahmin faith of India, and was for eight years the disciple of the sage Ram Krishna. He is well qualified, both by his attainments in native learning and by unusual gifts of eloquence, to expound to a western audience the beliefs of his countrymen. His addresses at the World's Parliament of Religions have attracted great attention...
ADDRESS BY SWAMI VIVEKANANDA.On the evening of Wednesday, May 16, at 8 o'clock, in Sever 11, an address will be given under the auspices of the Harvard Religious Union by Swami Vivekananda, a Hindoo monk. The public are invited. Vivekananda is an adherent of the ancient Brahmin faith of India, and was for eight years the disciple of the sage Ram Krishna. He is well qualified, both by his attainments in native learning and by unusual gifts of eloquence, to expound to a western audience the beliefs of his countrymen. His addresses at the World's Parliament of Religions...
...theatre, too, the seats for the audience are benches, not chairs, and slope up from around the orchestra in wedges with the stairs between. Unfortunately for the present purpose, these benches do not run to the top of the theatre in one tier. The other important difference from the ancient theatre is the permanent roof; but even with these two disadvantage, there are few modern theatres which would be so well suited to the wants of the Classical department as Sanders...