Word: fours
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...programme was given at both places. The farce was "The Two Puddifoots," the characters of the men being taken by Messrs. Botume, Joy, and McMartin; those of the women by Messrs. Burnham, Thomsen, and Meeks. Then followed a violoncello solo by Mr. Finck; and the entertainment concluded with the four-act burlesque "William Tell." In the burlesque the principal characters were taken by Messrs. Morris, Botume, Eldridge, McMartin, Peirce, A. A. Wheeler, and Osgood. The singing was the subject of much remark and praise, and the college songs as rendered both by the principal actors and by the large chorus...
...Next in authority is the censeur, who has charge of the discipline, and enforces the rules. An aumonier looks after the religious teaching, and everything that has to do with religion. Finally an econome has special charge of everything that pertains to the material wants of the scholars. Then four functionaries generally live in the lyceum, to which a chapel is usually attached. The professors do not live in the lyceum, but come there to give their lessons. There are ordinarily four hours of recitation, - two in the morning, from eight to ten o'clock, and two in the afternoon...
...exterior of a lyceum nearly resembles a convent. The weather-beaten walls, the barred and sombre windows, give to these structures a prison-like aspect. From four to five hundred scholars is the average contingent of a lyceum. TWO or three courts, or gravelled yards, planted with a few stunted trees, are the only space given to the sports of the scholars. Between four walls as high as those of a prison, in order to separate them as much as possible from the outside world, live these innocent prisoners. Their age varies from eight to eighteen years. Here they pass...
Eight o'clock is the hour of retiring. There are thus about twelve hours of work, - four of recitation, and eight of study. Twice a week the scholars take a walk under the charge of a master. They are seen passing two abreast, in uniform and military caps, marching in step like a regiment. This is the life of a college or lyceum. The food is generally sufficient, but of little variety. The tuition is according to age, - 800, 1,000, or 1,200 francs a year. The state provides some moneys to assist poor and meritorious students. The long...
...passage, taken at random, from some Latin poet or author, to the performance of which two hours are allotted. Candidates are allowed only Latin lexicons for reference. After this is a Latin theme on a given subject, and finally a philosophical dissertation. Three hours are given for the dissertation, four for the Latin theme. If this part of the examination is successfully passed, there comes next the oral trial, which consists of the explication at sight of a passage from a French, Latin, and Greek author; a question in history, geography, and philosophy, together with several upon the sciences, - physics...