Word: arts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...subject has been taken up before in our columns, yet now that the meetings are over, we should like to add a last word in support of the Advocate's position. We regret that few women have our keen appreciation of the fine points of the so-called manly art. Strange to say, those who have not been trained to recognize the purely artistic and gentlemanly side of such a contest, are, in their ignorance, very likely to deem it merely a brutal pounding match. And, however unfortunate this condition of things may be, yet it must be acknowledged that...
Arrangements are in progress to secure the services of Dr. A. H. Frothingham, Jr., as professor of Archaeology at the Princeton Art School...
...very justly and creditably takes exception to the disparaging remarks made by Mr. Howells in Harper's Monthly on "amateur rhymsters." Mr. Howell's remarks probably affect men in college more than others, for most "amateur rhymsters" are usually college men also. The work of amateurs in the poetic art he would discourage by means of "most brutal" criticism. Why amateur verse should receive brutality any more than the most professional verse that has ever been written, we find it hard to see. On the contrary, we think that young poets should have encouragement, not discouragement. If poetry is worth...
Engineering is the "art and science of utilizing the forces and materials of nature." The profession may be divided into military and civil engineering; the latter into mechanical and mining engineering. There is no clearly definite line between these divisions. An engineer must know something of all. The number of engineers has increased of late and will increase as money grows more plenty. An engineer must first have constructive or mechanical powers. He must have a good knowledge of customs and usages of business. He must have some knowledge of law, - as he will have to decide many disputes among...
Edward Schonberg a member of Exeter College at Oxford, England, was drowned in the Upper River, on Feb. 18. Seven or eight undergraduates were present at the time, but none were able to swim, - a sharp commentary on the lack of proficiency in this art at Oxford University...