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Granted that the Latin poet depended upon a Greek model, it is next necessary to ascertain just to what degree the former imitated the latter. Until lately the investigation on this subject has been narrow, because the interest has been purely historical. Some authorities say that Plautus was simply a translator and an imitator, while others maintain that he treated his models with great freedom and originality. The latter opinion is probably more just, for the passage of plots from one author to another is permissible and common in the history of literature...
...held after the dinner, to form a "CRIMSON Alumni Association," to be composed of all graduates who have been editors of the CRIMSON. The plan was very heartily endorsed by all present and H. Ware '93, M. Ladd '94, and E. H. Warren '95 were appointed a committee to ascertain the feeling of old editors on the matter, and with powers to effect an oganization...
...drum of the dome of the new House of Representatives in Boston a text for emphasizing the influence of college-bred men, are wholesome reading, and seem to have been much commented on in college journals. They have called to my mind an investigation made some years ago to ascertain what proportion of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the framers of the Constitution were college-bred...
...could ascertain from 'Appleton's Cyclopaedia of Biography,' of the fifty-six 'signers' twenty-six were college graduates, while ten more received classical training, though they did not attend college. Of the twenty-six college-bred 'signers,' Harvard furnished eight - Samuel Adams, John Adams, John Hancock, William Ellery, Elbridge Gerry, R. T. Paine, William Hooper and William Williams; Yale four - Oliver Walcott, 1747; Phillip Livingston, 1737; Lewis Morris, 1746, and Lyman Hall, 1747; Princeton two - Richard Stockton and Benjamin Rush; William and Mary three - Thomas Jefferson, C. Braxton, and George Wythe; College of Philadelphia three - William Paca, Matthew Hopkinson...
There was naturally a mighty cry of indignation after the game yesterday that when the public had been led to expect a chance would be given to make comparison of the relative strength of Harvard and Yale, Harvard should play practically a scrub team. We have endeavored to ascertain the position of the football managers in the matter, and believe the facts to be something like this: Manager Moore arranged the game with the understanding that Harvard would put her strongest eleven in the field and announcements were made accordingly. Late Wednesday night a meeting of the coaches was held...