Word: arc
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first prizes of $30 each. Their addresses dealt respectively with the "American Standard," taken from a speech of Booker T. Washington '96, and a poem by Alfred Noyes, "The Highwayman." Three second prizes of $20 each were also awarded as follows: R. E. Eckstein '20, "Joan of Arc," by Quincy; V. A. Kramer '18 ocC., extracts from a speech of President Wilson on the League of Nations; E. B. Schwults '19, "The Monroe Doctrine." The judges were Dean Fenn, of the Divinity School; Professor J. H. Beale '82; Professor J. L. Lowes, Gr. '03, and Mr. John Moores...
Signs and portents are seen in the sky, on every side. At Windsor, Ontario, a vast sword-bearing angel has been observed near the zenith, resembling Joan of Arc. By this angel's side was also seen St. Michael, leading starry hosts to victory. Farther north and west than Windsor, the Chippewa Indians have seen their Thunder Bird, their holy and mystic eagle, in the skies, and he, too, was followed by countless sweeping hosts. And much nearer home, the Winged Victory was seen marching athwart the skies the other night, a flaming sword in her hand, and advancing...
...there is a great deal that could be said about it, but any comment, whether of praise or blame, can with difficulty be expressed moderately. We might begin by saying that we have but little sympathy with the fastidious critics who find Mme. Farrar's conception of Joan of Arc a little too robust. Their own preconceptions of the character are, it is to be feared, a little too intense. "That wonderful child," as Mark Twain calls her in one of his finest stories, was not the anaemic heroine she is pictured in Bastian Lepage's sickly painting...
...funds necessary for its construction. An adequate endowment will cover the expenses of the upkeep of the building and collections, and any increase in the collections of the museum will be partially cared for by the special Germanic Museum Fund of $10,000, the proceeds of the Joan of Arc performance, and by the legacy of $50,000 from the estate of one of the museum's benefactors, Mr. Hugo Reisinger...
...adequate endowment will cover the expenses of the up-keep of the building and the collections; and any increase in the collections and the future growth of the library will be partially cared for by the special Germanic Museum Fund of $10,000 (the proceeds of the Joan of Arc performance) and by a recent legacy of $50,000 from the estate of a benefactor of the Museum, Hugo Reisinger. A valuable and unique addition to the reference library consists of a collection of prints illustrative of Goethe's works, which has been given by Miss E. C. Holland...