Word: east
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cambrian and Pre-Cambrian formations, then visiting their contact on top of the mountain, and thence going to the central shaft of the tunnel where the dumps illustrate many varieties of these rocks. In the afternoon, proceeding over the crest of the mountain to the station at the east portal of the tunnel, something will be seen of the topography of the area between the Connecticut and Hoosac Rivers...
...from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m., and the upper floor 7 to 9 p. m. The collections are as yet incomplete, but the greater part of the larger objects are in place. On the ground floor will be found (1) in the small middle rooms on the east side, casts from Egyptian and Assyrian sculptures; (2) in the main hall, casts from Greek and Roman sculptures; (3) in the north east room, casts from sculptures of the Italian Renaissance; (4) in the middle east room, casts from sculptures by Michael Angelo, and (5) in the south east room...
...nation formed for conquest or colonization. The condition of nations in Europe and the east, with their great standing armies, eating up the people's earnings, creating mutual suspicion, is enough to make angels weep. That with all our civilization, arts, culture and religion, the people of this 19th century have not reached the highest point in mutual confidence is a marvel. Much has been done in the last half century. Much remains to be done...
...with that of Harvard has grown in the last ten years, while that of Harvard has grown everywhere else. It is safe, I think, to say that most of the students who would probably be drawn to college by love for athletics rather than for scholarship come from the East. Whether the recent success of Yale in the field of athletics and of Harvard in the field of scholarship can explain the tendency here noticed will never, I suppose, be mathematically demonstrated...
...regular season. The coolness of the Tremont is something unprecedented, the decorations unequalled, and the special features with which the management regales its patrons have all proved very successful. In the lobbies, between the acts, a beautiful Egyptian girl, Frommia, clad in the richest raiment of the East, dispenses from an Oriental booth Egyptian cigarettes to gentlemen; and in another part of the foyer, piano and vocal concerts are given at each intermission, making the broad halls a charming promenade...