Word: executioner
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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The final lecture of the series, on "The Guillotine," will describe the origin of the guillotine, the various sites upon which it was erected, the method of execution, and the sites of the various burial grounds which were set apart for the condemned.
Last night's Symphony concert was of particular interest because the ballet music of Professor Paine's opera "Azara" was given its first hearing in orchestral form at these concerts. The music has tone-coloring of exceptional beauty, and a spirit and freedom of touch that wins for it instant...
He next spoke of the beauty of the north portal and pointed out the improvement over the primitive art of the west portal in strength, of sureness of conception and execution, and in a similar manner described the south portal and its allegery, the creation, and the history of the...
The Botanical Department has just received of Miss French of Boston two volumes of original water-color sketches of exotic and native plants. A few of the drawings will be exhibited from time to time in one of the cases in the balcony of the Botanical Museum. The outlines are...
"About eight years ago the Corporation ordered that all apparently stolen articles displayed in College rooms should be removed; and from all buildings where servants of the College were employed they were actually removed. It was understood that thereafter the exhibition of such articles was forbidden and it was the...