Word: attracting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...next number of the Harvard Philological Studies a monograph on the existence of the Greek stage from the evidence furnished in the plays of Aristophanes, by Professor John Williams White, will appear, which will doubtless attract a general interest not only among authorities on Greek antiquities and trained scholars but also among those who have read Greek drama as literature only. For the settlement of the, question as to whether the principals in a Greek play acted on a long, narrow ledge, the Vetruvian stage, ten feet above the great circles of the orchestra where the chorus were grouped...
...schemes, by which the influence of this large body of students may make itself felt, that has been organized by Harvard men. There is no reason why it should not be a success. It is founded upon the right principles, and if properly carried out it is hound to attract the attention of a class of men who now seldom have an opportunity for a social gathering. It is right that questions of the hour should be discussed, so that each class may find out what are the lines of thought of the other class. All men interested in this...
...which we have missed this year particularly, during the present discussion of questions of college policy. The present course is very valuable, but we feel sure that it does not fill the place of the Conferences, which were so useful in past years. This year's course does not attract anywhere near so many men as the old meetings, and while the subjects now discussed are useful enough in their way, they are not as interesting to the average man as questions...
...shows critical insight but is neutral in effeet. The author is without either fellow-feeling for, or hostility against his subject. Thus the article must be utterly unsatistactory to those who are so unfortunate as to experrence De Senancour's sorrowful mysticism and inactive melancholy, while it fails to attract those who approach Obermann as students of literature, and seek to know what others have thought of him. Mr. Lovett's article appears to lack spontaneity...
Before very long Mr. Stanley will lecture in Boston. He is not an ordinary lecturer nor yet a man who will attract people merely on account of his remarkable personality. He has more than all a vast amount of new learning to add to the wealth of the world; this being so, it has seemed not out of place for us to suggest that Harvard invite the noted traveller to deliver his lecture under the auspices of the University in Cambridge, so that we, as students, may hear the lessons he teaches. It is no small honor...