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...attention of your readers to the advertisement of the course of lessons on Memory which Dr. Pick is to begin this week. I know enough of the system to feel sure that many individuals will find it of great use. It is based on sound principles and is altogether free from charlatanry...
...Tarbell delivered last night in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, an interesting lecture on the Sculptured Funeral Monuments of Ancient Athens. Only the monuments of independent Athens were considered, for when Athens ceased to be free sumptuary laws were enacted against sculptures on tombstones, and for some time these laws were strictly enforced. The period reviewed by the lecturer was therefore one of about 250 years. A number of monuments of the sixth century have been preserved. They show the rudeness and stiffness of archaic art. The design is very simple consisting of tall narrow slab, with a single figure...
...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 of reading, writing...
...cost, that any underhanded action shall be discountenanced, that undergraduates as far as they are professionals, and graduates, unless they are bona fide members of the university, shall be prohibited from participating in intercollegiate contests. It is intended at tonight's meeting to offer an opportunity for the free expression of college opinion on the matter under consideration...
...PICK ON MEMORY.- Dr. Pick will repeat the lecture he gave last May by invitation of the Philosophical club, on "Memory, and How to improve it," on Wednesday next at 8 o'clock in Lyceum hall. Admission free...