Word: arts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rapid growth of the art of photography within the last few years is very noticeable, especially among college men. A year or two ago a man who possessed the apparatus of an amateur photographer was looked upon as a curiosity, but now, instead of being the exception, he is fast becoming the rule. The interest which the students show in this pastime is not surprising. Nowhere so much as at college does the student wish to perpetuate the pleasant memories of faces which cluster around his life. the pleasure of looking over in future years some old photographs of past...
Here at Harvard there is a large number of men who possess a great deal of interest and considerable skill in the art of photography. The recent exhibition contained the result of the labors of several students, and some of the exhibits sent in by Harvard men took a very high rank. AS the interest is so general, we are not surprised to hear rumors of the proposed formation of a Harvard Amateur Photographic Society. The present year seems to be a fruitful one for the birth of societies and associations, and we see no reason to prevent one more...
...auxiliary course to the English department begins to day. and promises to be of much practical benefit to the students. It is a voluntary course in the reading aloud of our mother tongue, an art in which many otherwise well educated men are sadly deficient. The instruction will be given by Mr. Edward Cummings, A. B, a member of the Divinity School. The prospectus of the course in detail is as follows. There will be three sections, each of which will meet twice a week at the following hours: Section A, Mondays and Wednesdays, from 12 to 1; section...
...ART AT PHNCETON. -Preparations are now being made for the opening of the new art school during the coming winter term. This department will not seek to give technical instruction, but will consist of lectures on the history of art. Prof. Allen Marquand will offer a course to the senior class on art in antiquity, with special reference to the arts of Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and Rome. Prof. Prince, of New York, will lecture on the histories of various arts. President McCosh has consented to give a few lectures on aesthetics, and Prof. Osborne on the anatomy of facial expression...
...indeed success in this is pretty general. I doubt if there is a room that has not something of originality in it in the line of decoration. Even the most indifferent man will have something which he has labored over and which he wants his visitors to appreciate. Decorative art on college rooms is indeed a branch of art by itself, and finds no parallel anywhere else. College rooms are really an interesting study, and visitors to Cambridge are fortunate if they be friends of any students...