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...some what rough execution does not compare favorably with the best work of Lorenzetti. It is the oldest painting in the Fogg Museum. Lorenzetti was active between 1323 and 1348, and this painting, even if executed by one of his pupils, was probably painted before 1350. The next earliest painting to this is a picture attributed to Spinello Aretino, which was probably painted in the year...
This class, which numbered 115 men and was one of the earliest to pass the 100 mark, contained many notable men, of whom the following named, twenty-five in number, are now alive: John Bigelow, Charles Lee Bixby, Allan Foster Boone, Herman Francis Brashear, Elihu Chauncey, John Doggett Cobb, Charles Alonzo Cooper, Frank Warren Hackett, Norwood Penrose Hallowell, Alpheus Holmes Hardy, Oliver Wendell Holmes, David Francis Lincoln, Joseph Hetherington McDaniels, James Rundlet May, George Herman Powers, John Ritchie, Wesley Caleb Sawyer, Joseph Herbert Senter, Edward William Sanborn, James Kent Stone, Richard Stone, Charles Storrow, James Putnam Walker, Stephen Williams Whitney...
...Jusserand in his speech pointed out that the exchange of learned men dated back to the earliest times, when printed books were as yet unheard of and writings a scarcer commodity than men. The institution of the University of Paris gave an enormous impetus to this work. Paris became the gathering place of the scholars of the world, whence the knowledge and teachings of the most learned men were disseminated to all corners of civilization. Then came a great revolution, the discovery of printing. Now men became a scarcer commodity than the printed book, and the exchange of men diminished...
...There he made two discoveries of greatest importance. One of these, the Palace of Omis and his son, Ahab, gives an entirely new conception of the work of the ancient Hebrew architects. The other consists of a hundred fragments of pottery with inscriptions written in ink, which are the earliest Hebraic inscriptions ever found...
...managers of the teams must leave scores and line-ups of games in the CRIMSON Office before 8 o'clock, and also must leave a note stating the earliest possible times that their teams can play each day. A schedule for the next few days has been posted in the CRIMSON Office, and any changes should be reported as soon as possible...