Word: authority
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lecturer, who is a graduate of Oxford University, and holder of the degree of LL.D. from the University of Glasgow, is a brilliant classical and literary scholar. He has written a "History of Ancient Greek Literature," two books on Euripides, both verses and studies, and is part author of "Liberalism and the Empire." He has also published two plays, both of which have been acted...
...Perhaps it is the attitude of the pedagogue that prejudices me in favor of the Professor, who is not as absurd as he should be to make me sympathize with the decorative Junior. "The Derelict," the one lapse into seriousness in the number, although crude, has promising strength. The author might read Joseph Conrad to advantage. "The Strength Test," by S. Ervin '08, is the kind of article one likes to see in the Advocate. Such light, satirical essays on College subjects, on matters which obviously need reform, but which are perhaps not of sufficient importance to demand more serious...
...Surette is a lecturer on music at Cornell and the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and an author and composer. He studied under Professor J. K. Paine and Arthur Foote and at one time lectured by special invitation at the University of Oxford, England. In his address he will give suggestive comments and discussion on the structure and context of the work; and the whole composition will then be performed by the Olive Mead Quartet. The work is typical of Brahms, who is pre-eminent in expressing the modern romantic spirit in the classical musical forms. It was composed...
...miners in the Middle Ages. On the basis of this subject with the aid of footnotes, Mr. Lewis has also traced the history of all the mining classes in England down to two hundred years ago. The essay is based on researches in archives at London, where the author resided as holder of a travelling fellowship. The essay will soon be published in book form as one of the Harvard Economic Studies...
...second half-year as a half course, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 12. It is a starred course designed for graduates and such undergraduates as have passed satisfactorily in a course in Modern History. Professor G. G. Wilson, professor of Social and Political Science at Brown University, and author of several books, will conduct the course...