Word: gem
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...given to the public that it is a welcome relief to find such a careful selection as is contained in this volume. As the name implies, the work is modelled after Palgrave's well-known collection of English verse. Of course it can not be considered such a literary gem as the older book, for the poetry of a new country like ours cannot furnish such a field for selection as that of an older nation. It will, however, serve as a basis of comparison by which American verse may be judged. It is inevitable that many readers will find...
...Mineralogical Museum has received three valuable new specimens this year. One, a crystal of gem tourmaline, weighing three pounds, presented by a member of the class of '63 is on exhibition in the case of gems; another, a magnificent specimen of rhodochrosite from Colorado is in the systematic collection on the main floor; and the third, a large specimen of yellow barite from the Bad Lands, Dakota, is in a wall case in the gallery...
...sober and more or less pretentious affairs, while the poem and ivy oration are directly the opposite. Both aim to give, in a humorous way, the history of the class, and the ivy oration, although the most recent addition to the custom of the day, is the gem of the day. This position grew out of the old custom that when a president went out of office the class of that year should plant an evergreen to his memory and sometimes an ivy was substituted. While the planting went on it was the custom for the ivy orator to recite...
...were those who lived in righteousness, liberty and humanity and who died in the faith of God. With their examples can you entertain the doctrines of fatalism? No. Take your university spirit into life with you, carry it into the world, and you will find yourself possessed of a gem of inestimable value...
Among the views of Exeter College were shown some of the college chapel, the architectural gem of the university, built in imitation of the Sainte Chapelle at Paris. An exquisite little view looking from Oriel Street out to the spire of St. Mary's Chapel led to various views of Merton and the famous Christ Church College. The lecture ended with a view of a boat race on the Cherwell...