Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Rosy," and the Post Horn by Schubert, were not so well executed. The Banjo club followed with Braham's Medley and excited so much enthusiasm that it was necessary to respond to three encores. The organization clearly made the hit of the evening. The programme closed with the familiar Mendelssohn wedding march by the Sodality and a group of college songs, of which the "Spanish Proverb" and the "Versatile Baby" were the best...
...requirements for admission to the regular classical course at Tufts College have been amended as follows: Knowledge of French or German, a good knowledge of the elementary grammar of the language which he presents for admission; ability to pronounce and recognize readily familiar words and phrases by ear, and the candidate also must have read at least two hundred pages of French or one hundred pages of German. This will also be a requirement to the engineering course. A greater requirement is to be made for admission to the philosophical course...
...principal point to consider is what impression Socrates made upon his people. He was no writer so all information about him must be obtained from such works of his disciples as the Memorabilia and Apology of Plato. For more than a generation Socrates was a familiar figure in Athens engaged in free and gracious teaching. There are two points in his instruction which must be considered; his subject matter and his manner. To understand Socrates' manner, he must be marked off from the so called Sophists. Until the fifth century BC. education was of a most ordinary character consisting...
...under its roof as may be thought desirable, but the accommodation is made the most of, and the spirit of fellowship is greater at present than at any other time. The Idler club and the Emmanuel society are among the means of bringing the students often together in a familiar way. To those the English club has lately been added. It is intended "to arouse an interest in the study of English," and specifically to give an opportunity for the discussion of topics suggested in the various English courses, and for reading of the best literary work of the students...
Previous to the sitting of parliament the cabinets gather and discuss the bills severally which are to come up at its meeting. Each bill is printed and circulated about the towns that they may become familiar to the people. In this way the lobbying and canvassing is done away with, and there is little chance for corruption. The remaining advantages of the Canadian government in brief are, the harmony existing between the executive and legislature, a satisfactory system of private legislation, permanent civil service, the secret ballot, judicial decision in bribery cases and the trial of divorce cases before parliament...