Word: brush
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...latest acquisition to the collection of paintings in Memorial Hall is from the brush of Mr. William D. Tiffany, of the class of '45. The subject of this picture is the idea of our University, and the treatment is allegorical. Mr. Tiffany has availed himself of the legend of St. Christopher who, it will be remembered, succeeded, after many trials, in bearing the Christ-child upon his shoulders across a dard and stormy river, there-by receiving divine power and grace. In the picture St. Cristopher represents our forefathers who were the fostering guardians of the University, while the Christ...
...ninth number of the Advocate is, on the whole, a good one. The stories are light and usually well told. The one giving evidence of most careful finish is "Cupid's Brush," an international episode of which the scene is laid first in the Louvre at Paris; secondly, in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The story has considerable snap and comes to an end at the right moment. The conversations are written with spirit...
Yesterday the 'varsity crew rowed over the four mile course. They started shortly after six o'clock, and at the start had a brush with a scratch crew. Below the second bridge a '91 crew rowed with them as far as the Longwood bridge. The class crew had Randol stroke and three substitutes; but rowing a very fast stroke they drew away from the 'varsity about half a length in the half mile. Below the railroad bridge the freshmen took them up for the next half mile. Neither crew gained much advantage, but the freshmen stopped and the sophomores took...
HARVARD ELECTRIC CLUB.- The club will visit the Edison, Boston, and Brush lighting stations this evening. The party will leave Providence depot promptly...
...classes to buy their instruments of a local dealer. They had a chance to get them cheaper elsewhere and did so. The professor refused to accept work done with any other instruments than those obtained at the place he ordered. The students refereed the matter to Professor Brush, the head of the department, who said the fellows could get their instruments where they wished. The trouble still continues in the class and for the last few days there have been no recitations. The fellows say that the professor gets a commission, and they object to paying this when they...