Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...particularly gratifying for it shows that the skeptics and conservatives all over the country who have looked with grave concern on Harvard's elective system and noncompulsory attendance at chapel are beginning to see that these are steps in advance. Moreover, it shows that Harvard's defeats in certain branches of athletics have not done her the injury that many people feared they might. We do not publish these facts with any undue elation at the discovery; we simply believe them surprising and significant and well worth the consideration of Harvard men, graduate and undergraduate, as indicating a state...
...Certain art fads-impressionism, realism...
...decorations are delicately fresh and have a certain sparkling charm of which early artists were utterly ignorant. His handling is wonderful, robust and healthful, while the clearness and sharpness in his outlines give a competent appearance to his work which is essentially modern...
...will be connecting bedrooms. Perkins Hall will contain 86 rooms, all with connecting bedrooms. Both buildings will have bathrooms on every floor. The scale of prices for rooms in these buildings has not been fixed, but the terms of the gift in the case of Perkins Hall render it certain that rents will not be high. In both buildings, each suite-study, bedroom, and closets-will be large enough to accommodate two students...
...Correggio. The first two are of course well known to all; Correggio is not. Though all his faces are too much alike, yet everyting of his is lovely. Besides this, he was one of the half dozen sublime painters of the earth. In all his figures there is a certain puissance, which in a few years had exerted an influence over all Italian painting. The summit had been reached, however, and the decadence of art soon began...