Word: enjoyable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...truth of this assertion is now the purpose of the Theatre of Art and Letters. It has made a fair beginning in New York and now with its most representative play, it is to try to show by performances in different cities that the public is sufficiently intelligent to enjoy a "literary play." The company also intends, when more firmly established to organize a school for dramatic learning, to fit men chiefly to follow out the theories of this particular school. We believe that there is a large element in college which may feel an especial interest in the work...
...descriptions on at least one point, a loyalty to the class of which they are members. If, then, but a bare third are to be present the dinner must be a failure in the chief object for which it is held. Much as the few may enjoy it, there would not be that enthusiasm and spirit which a gathering of two-thirds or three-fourths of the class would arouse. There is every prospect that the dinner itself and the exercises which are to follow it, will amply compensate men for the price of the ticket. All therefore who have...
...distinctly better if the surroundings are entirely in keeping with it. We can never hope for this; Harvard Square and Harvard Street must always be with us. But it would be a pleasure if along the banks of the Charles, where all our boating interests lie, we could enjoy the comforts and beauties of a series of partly artificial and partly natural parks. We should soon grow to associate more closely the river with the campus and yards; and college life might thus be increased at least by one pleasant association...
...whether the occupation fits the man and the man the occupation. Selections made late in life are usually unsuccessful, therefore choose right to begin with. The question now arises as to how to make this choice. The only answer to be given is to choose the occupation which you enjoy most...
...luxurious society of great cities; the propinquity to the resources of Boston for the gratification of aesthetic and musical tastes; the healthfulness of Cambridge, and the facilities for bringing up children in a wholesome way, both physically and mentally; and lastly, the consideration which learning and high character traditionally enjoy in eastern Massachusetts, independent of pecuniary condition." It would be difficult to sum up more concisely or truly than this the secret of Harvard's strength...