Word: compassion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...erected on the banks of the Neckar an enormous Jubilee Building, in which 7,000 people could be seated. Every house was decorated with bunting and evergreen, and from every house-top floated the twin yellow and red of the Duchy of Baden. From all points of the compass long railroad trains came pouring in; all the hotels were filled; the streets were thronged; every face was aglow with enthusiasm...
...think every well wisher of the Association will agree with me that some change ought to be made by which men who reach the Hall at nine o'clock can get away before ten. And further, that a failure to compass such a change, will indicate either gross mismanagement, or gross negligence on the part of the officers of the Association...
...movements from a serenade for strings; St. Saens, Introduction and Rondo Capriccizo for violin; Gounod, Aria; Masenet, Aria; Beethoven, Allegretto and Allegro from seventh symphony. The soloists were Mme. Fursch-Madi and Mr. Adamowski. Although Mme. Fursch-Madi's voice shows some signs of wear in portions of its compass, she proved herself as true an artist as ever. "Ah Perfido" was given with great dramatic power, but on the whole, she made a better effect with the Gounod aria, which was not so severe in its demands on her voice. Mr. Adamanowski gave the musicianly performance which...
...obtain their ideas from actual observation and practice. They are told in a more or less general way about the cardinal points and the course of the sun and earth in the heavens. A mastery of this subject is given them, not by forcing them to commit the compass card to memory, but by telling them to find the direction of their own homes from the school room, and many other such practical ways. The teachers make tours with the pupils in the surrounding country, map in hand, and thus the meaning of the various geographical signs used...
...word "News" is not as many imagine, derived from the word "new," but from the initial letters of the cardinal points of the compass. It was a common practice in former years (between 1595 and 1730) to put over the periodical publications of the day, the initial letters of the cardinal points of the compass thus...