Word: bored
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...follow the lead of the majority. Whatever may have been his character as a man, certainly as a poet he gave with every advancing year added proof of strength, maturity and nobility. His genius was rather receptive than creative; the seeds that were planted in his mind bore their best fruit latest in life...
...will long be a pleasant remembrance to those who first became friends there. After luncheon Mr. Paul du Chaillu, the famous African explorer, entertained the party with stories of his own adventures. A tremendous audience greeted the clubs in the evening- Yale's fence of the night before bore crimson shields till it seemed ready to drop to the stage. After the concert the men changed clothes at the hotel and boarded the train for Buffalo. Up to this time the rails seemed to separate the fellows farther and farther from home; now the rails on which they were hurrying...
...insufficient attention generally given it by the English department. For years the course has been regarded as one which "must be" but which is not sufficiently important to demand much thought and attention. Indeed, not a few instructors have freely stated that the course was a bore and they took little interest in it. If the effort were made to make the course at least more interesting, to improve many of the details and - since it seems necessary - to enforce regulations to compel students to work better the course would be more effective. We do not criticise the work...
...History to an audience which filled Boylston Hall completely. To begin with he showed a number of very interesting views of Westminster Abbey, telling how the whole style of Gothic architecture was developed during the reign of Henry III. When only thirteen years old, Henry led the procession which bore the coffin of one of the greatest saints of that time, Beckett, to interment in the Abbey in 1213. Fifty years later, Henry III again led a procession which was to bury another great saint, Edward the Confessor The shrine in which he was then buried is still standing...
...least of the benefits of a college course. It is in this light that we may look at the present set of college conferences. Some of the broadest minded men of the university are among those that lecture at the conferences, and if the students only bore this in mind, not only would these lecturers have the satisfaction of talking to respectably large audiences, but also the students would derive an immense benefit from this noble and varied intercourse...