Word: exactness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...impossible to estimate the exact influence which John Harvard exerted upon this University. In the early days of any institution a small thing may turn the scales toward success or failure. Let it suffice that John Harvard's gifts to this University were important enough to entitle him, in the opinion of his contemporaries, to give his name to the institution of which we are all proud to form a part. With general support the demonstration this evening will show how we value the timely aid which our virtual founder gave to the struggling College...
...University today and tomorrow at 92 State street, Boston, from 12 to 2 P. M. Graduates living at a distance may apply to the Harvard Athletic Association, Cambridge, and all such applications should be accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope, and by a check for the exact amount of the cost of the tickets. Reserved seats for the game will...
...features of the occasion will be a torchlight parade to the Stadium of all the classes with a bonfire and informal speaking on Soldiers Field. The time for the celebration has not yet been definitely decided, but it will probably be on November 19. November 29 will be the exact anniversary of the christening of John Harvard, but the date of his birth is uncertain...
...conclusion seems to be that the high poetic value of the Iliad must be considerably detracted from. We see many of the similes and descriptions taken over ready-made from order books or traditions, and although we might think this to be fatal to originality, we must consider the exact meaning of the term. We should regard a work of art original when it produces an impression of a living source. What really shows art is intensity of imagination on the part of the poet, which makes us feel upon opening the book that we are in a different world...
...Intercollegiate Camera Contest, to which Harvard, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Dartmouth will submit prints, will be held in April. The exact date has not yet been announced. A provisional selection of the best work of the members of the Camera Club, made by F. H. Pratt of the New York Secession at the recent exhibition, will form the basis of the University exhibit. At present the outlook for success is not bright, but when the defects brought out in the recent contest are corrected, the University will be able to present a good display...