Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Martin Kellogg, the professor of ancient language at the University of California has been elected President of the University...
...were allegorical and dull, the devil who worked largely in these moralities, alone giving them any liveliness. This continued till the people wanted something more real and natural, and began to develop the drama themselves. They however neglected the unities of action, place and time of the ancient classic drama, and constructed one for themselves. John Heywood in the time of Henry VIII, was the first to represent real persons and scenes on the stage...
...late years Professor Horsford has taken a great interest in archaeology. At the end of Commonwealth Avenue, he erected a statue of Lief Ericson at the spot where he believed that he landed. Another of his researches resulted in the discovery of the site of the ancient city of Norumbega, at the mouth of Stony Brook in Weston, where he erected a stone tower...
...Waldstein was re-elected Professor of Ancient Art. Professor John Williams White, of Harvard, was elected Professor of Greek language and literature for 1893-4 and Professor G. B. Wheeler of Cornell for the year succeeding. Professor Richards of Dartmouth was elected director for a term of five years...
...amount and variety of decorations attract ones attention, especially those on the walls. Usually two rows of columns supported the ceiling, the rows being on either side of the room, and the wall between these rooms was always decorated. Plates or slabs of marble were usually used as an ancient form of decoration. A representation of windows was often resorted to as a mode beautifying a room, while on these windows, which were themselves really marble, were pictured scenes of outdoor life. Sometimes scenes of gardens were painted, giving one the idea of beautiful flowers beyond...