Word: facings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been offered free to the society. But the society is said to have refused the theatre because they were afraid they can not get a large audience to attend and because it was impossible to make the maps large enough. Both of these objections are ridiculous on their face. The number of those who were unable to gain admission to Sever on the occasion of the last lecture would alone make a very respectable showing in Sanders, and many other persons would have come had they not felt that a seat could not be obtained. As for the maps...
...almost as bad a way. We have heard that there are a number of new and promising men working, but we have not yet seen an eight at the machines. A few men are conscientious in their training, but the majority are not. And all this in the face of the fact that we have Harvard's last year's crew to row against. The outlook is certainly not very bright, and unless the boat club wakes up and sees that the men are kept up to their work, the result of its inactivity will be most disastrous. We have...
...striking portrait of Dr. Peabody in the studio of Frederick P. Vinton. The painting, although not wholly completed, presents an excellent likeness, a fine effect having been produced by a broad light which gives his features a marked expression. The reverend Dr. is seated, a smile upon his face, with one hand partially extended, as it were in conversation...
...that Dr. Holmes is pretty far behind the times-"an old fogy, you know" but the boys have no thought for them when the old doctor comes in sight, trying to steal unseen through some open space. Applause and shouting bring the doctor to a stop. The bright, strong face lights up with a happy smile, the white head bows to the youthful top-knots, and the slight, straight figure, bearing very easily the weight of seventy-five long years, tries to steal away again. But it won't do. The boys must have a speech, and the doctor submits...
...lectures: "About this time Goethe fell in love with a rich banker's daughter in New York city." There was a roar from the students, while boots and canes rattled upon the floor like an avalanche of cobble stones in a shot tower. Boyesen covered his crimson face with his hands and turned his back to his class. That lecture was resumed on another...