Word: arts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...annex to the rotunda. The firemen at once directed their attention to this building, as in it was the fine library of 63,000 volumes, many of them extremely rare and valuable; a life-size statue of Jefferson, and a large number of magnificent portraits and rare works of art. The students succeeded in saving thousands of the books and some of the paintings. Among the portraits burned was that of Jefferson. The statue of Jefferson, which is very heavy, was dragged from the burning building. Two-thirds of the books and the magnificent painting, "School of Athens," which cost...
...seems to me that a student will get from this experience, some Italian, certainly some ideas of how the Italians pronounce their language, some knowledge of human nature, especially of this new kind of human nature which is coming to us in such shoals, and some training in the art of teaching. He will find the men very cordial, and if he is the right sort of fellow they will soon become very much attached to him, and very grateful for what he does for them...
Professor Kittredge gave the first of the lectures under the auspices of the Cercle Francais last night in the Fogg Art Museum. Almost every seat in the hall was filled. The subject had been announced as "The Romances of the Round Table in England;" but Professor Kittredge said that was too broad a subject, and that he had selected instead what he considered to be the best of these romances, namely "Sir Thomas Gawain and the Green Knight...
...place of meeting of Fine Arts III will be changed next Thursday from the Fogg Art Museum to Sanders Theatre. This change is permanent and is caused by the lack of seating accommodations and the poor acoustic properties of the present hall...
Cercle Francais. The Romances of the Round Table in England. Professor Kittredge. Fogg Art Museum...