Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...future. The Annex already offers a course in Astronomy by Professor Searle, which, being entitled Descriptive Astronomy, undoubtedly approaches nearest to what we mean. But at present we have no means in the college curriculum of obtaining any knowledge of the heavens, of the connection of the stars with ancient mythology or the treatment of the planetary system. We do not advocate a study which shall be technical or scientific or mathematical to an unnecessary degree, which shall assume much previous knowledge on the part of the student or call for any special research. What...
...crease more and more the number of specializing courses in many departments, a very natural outcome of our elective system and the growth of the University Such, for instance, are many of the courses in the English department dealing with Anglo-Saxon poetry as distinct from the rest of ancient English literature, the courses on the poets of the various centuries as distinct from those on the prose writers of the same, the relation of English literature to German, and other courses of a like nature, all of which tend to make a specialty of some branch of a study...
...though still far from an ideal quarterback is improving in his work, and Brewer's work was excellent. The peculiar feature of Harvard's game was the regularity with which Brewer was sent with the ball in the "fake kick," each time making his distance. At one time this ancient and time - worn trick was worked for three successive downs...
...Winsor stands perhaps without a peer among American historians and on account of recent research is especially well qualified to speak on Columbus. He began by crediting to the ancient Greeks cosmographical study which found its fruition in the 15th century. Had Carthage triumphed over Rome we might sooner have known the secrets of the Atlantic, but after all it is to the descendants of the Romans, Columbus, Vespucsi Verrizaro and John Cabot that we are indebted for the discovery of America...
...those of the present day. The size of the graduating classes in the early years of the college made the present institution of Class-day impossible. Like other customs, then, at Harvard, Class-day is a development. It was never formally created but grew from an intermingling of several ancient festivities, more especially those of Commencement, Exhibition day and the old Class-day. From a strictly leave-taking it has become a joyous celebration of an attainment, and its hospitality, which was mainly confined to the home of the President, has been extended to the entire neighborhood...