Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Agamemnon" offers ample opportunity for spectacular effect. There will be numerous supernumeraries of diverse description. Two chariots, each drawn by two horses, will be used. The actors will not wear the mask nor the high boot of ancient tragedy, but the characteristic rich dress will be reproduced in considerable detail...
...Brown 1G., L. Carroll '06, H. C. Washburn '06, D. Gardiner '07, V. M. Brooks '08; in modern languages, C. R. Post 2G., R. T. Evans '06, A. C. Sproul '06, G. W. Bailey '07, T. W. Knauth '07, D. M. Martin '07, E. R. Riegel '08; ancient languages, W. E. Clark 3G., R. V. Cram '07, J. Adams '08; in history, L. Carroll '06, R. W. Skinner '06, in music, J. A. McCreery '06, N. C. Nash '07, J. L. Swarts '07, G. H. Binney '08, C. R. Comstock '08, M. Wells '08, E. Ballantine '07; in fine arts...
...They became greater navigators than the Phoenicians or the Scandinavians, and Homer's Odessey in comparison with St. Brandon's voyages seems but a commonplace trip. No race has been so endowed in the creation of fiction as the common peasants of Brittany and Ireland, who excel the ancient poets in weaving imaginative tales, such as the Arthurean cycle...
...quote from his report. "These investigations show that the athlete possesses, as part of his equipment at graduation, the probability of better health and a longer life than the man who does not realize the priceless worth of a sound mind in a sound body. And this ancient phrase is supported by the soundest physiological research. For, roughly speaking, there are two portions of the brain, one of r muscles, another for the mind. If either is developed at the expense of the other, the result is an unbalanced mental state...
...collection of photographs only 96 additions were made during the year. These comprise: Medieval French architecture (including three photographs given by Professor Norton); Etruscan sculpture, Ancient Greek architecture and sculpture, Excavations in Crete, Flemish, Dutch, German, English, and Spanish painting. To the collection of slides there were 185 additions, comprising Medieval Italian and French architecture, Renaissance Italian architecture, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, and Roman architecture and sculpture, Ancient painting, Excavations in Crete, Italian, Flemish, Dutch, and German painting. Three slides were given by Professor J. H. Wright...