Word: founded
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...countless graves in which were Roman coins of gold and silver dating back to Augustus and Tiberius, even as late as the Republic, also Greek vases of wonderful work and glass vases which are not equaled by the workmanship of modern times. Graves similar to these he also has found on the Mediterranean coast...
...reformer as Pater, but differing from him in his great love for the present. Most of the best imaginative writers of our day have received a word of praise from Henry James. He is as dangerous a model for young writers to follow as could well be found. He has so many subtle things to say that he often becomes deeply involved in the saying of them. In "The Tragic Muse," Mr. James's best known novel, he divides himself from the rest of the literary fraternity by his enthusiasm for the art of acting. In this work...
...Crothers may be found at Wadsworth House 1 daily from...
Traces of this old spirit of opposition are still to be found, and some members of the Faculty are far slower than others to relinquish the idea of an authority that is absolute. But within the past seven or eight years a great change has taken place and the bond of sympathy between the instructors and the students has grown much stronger. This result has been brought about by several causes. The creation of a board of freshman advisers has had the effect of making the first year men feel that the members of the Faculty are capable...
...important events of the year have been the practical trial of the Bruce telescope and the successful operation for several months of the Boyden meteorological station on the summit of the Misti, at a height of 19,200 feet. Unfortunately, early in September the shelter containing the instruments was found to have been broken into and a number of the instruments carried off. Apparently the robbery was committed by two Indians. The property stolen would of course be of no use to the thieves and its intrinsic value would be a small part of the actual loss. The work...