Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...earnestly hoped that college men will feel that they can do a good work both for others and for themselves by taking part in these meetings. A few more teachers are needed,- one in Latin for Thursday evening, one in Ancient History for Saturday evenings, and one in dumb bell exercises for Wednesday evenings. All men who feel interested in the work of the union are referred for all further information to J. K. Whittemore, 27 Holyoke street...
...turning from personal experiences, he compared the spirit of different ages, the ancient, the mediaeval, and the modern. The one thing that makes each succeeding age better is simply that men have grown more and more to think of others rather than themselves. In the middle ages a banquet-hall might be built over a dungeon by the best men of the time, but now the world has out-grown that...
...reviewed this afternoon commencing at 2.15 o'clock in Roberts Hall Building, 15 Brattle Street. The review will be repeated in the evening at 7.15 o'clock. The subject matter is the same at the two reviews. Those who attend are requested to bring with them Reber's Ancient Art. Fee for either review $4. Gentlemen will confer a favor by not opening accounts for reviews...
...invasions of the barbarians into Italy, destroying almost all traces of classical learning. But about this time came the beginning of a revival, that was to culminate in the Renaissance. In these mediaeval days education was limited chiefly to grammar and rhetoric. For illustration, in these branches, the ancient authors were more or less quoted, and in this way the classical learning was in a measure kept alive. The revival in these studies began with some Irish scholars and was soon spread to France. Some however, with the Irish, began a renewal of interest in the philosophy of the ancients...
...Faculty at Yale have changed their curriculum so that modern languages stand on an equal footing with the ancient...