Word: arts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that any among them is likely to become great, or perhaps even to be permanently a second-rate favorite. Matthew Arnold for example, or Edmund Gosse in the younger generation, and all of them, seem to have little of the poet's inspiration though much of the poet's art; and we read them only to be gratified by a certain titillation of the senses rather than to have our sympathies roused at the discovery that their souls and sufferings are at all like our own. And if we investigate general tendencies instead of individual promise, we fail to find...
...ART CLUB. - There will be a regular meeting of the club on Wednesday evening, December 9th, at which Mr. James Russell Lowell will meet the members. A large attendance is requested...
...west where the people are extremely energetic and unsurpassedly ready for change at least, and for improvement, where improvement is possible, all conservatism is quite unknown. And so we in the east study with interest what the west undertakes, and accomplishes, whether it be in politics, art, science, literature, or journalism. The few paragraphs following will be devoted to western journalism, and especially to western college journalism...
GLEE CLUB. There will be a rehearsal at 3.30 this afternoon. It is very important that there should be a full attendance. The club will be entertained by the Boston Art Club, Saturday evening...
Opening the book one finds that several new societies have joined the long list, winning for themselves places in this interesting volume of college archives. The Harvard Monthly, the Art Club, the Ornithological Club, the Society of Amateur Photographers, the Shakspere Club, which it is supposed takes the place of last year's "Shakespeare" Club, the '88 Glee Club, the university and '88 chess Clubs, and the '86 Whist Club all appear as new organizations. The Art Club by its large membership, gives evidence of real prosperity; and the sight of the Harvard Monthly among the college publications is most...