Word: butting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The instructors in the English department and a dozen undergraduates met at the house of Professor Briggs, yesterday afternoon, to discuss the project of forming an English Club. It was proposed to organize a society similar to the Historical Society and the Classical Club. There was an informal talk on...
J. H. KIDDER, Captain of Harvard Freshman Crew.Some time ago there was some complaint at the delay on the part of the freshman management in replying to Yale's challenge. At that time there was some apprehension lest the authorities here should forbid the freshmen to row any intercollegiate race...
Thornton Woodbury, '89, continued for the affirmative. He thought that the manifest destiny of our country should be considered. The acquisition of (?) sition in this country, but it has always proven of advantage.
At first absurd mistakes in the interpretation of Homer were very frequent. This was especially so before the Renaissance, but even modern scholars have sometimes soberly offered the most ridiculous theories to explain Homeric difficulties. However, the study of Homer at the present time is more intelligent than ever before...
The study of Homer is not a study of literature: it is a study of life in all its phases. Homer saw an idealized world, and yet the reality of the picture he has drawn forces us to the conclusion that he has depicted the life of his own age...