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...head is beautifully proportioned, and the face has the regular Grecian features. With the exception of the back of the neck, it is in a perfect state of preservation. It is of a later date than the Meleager, the other piece of original sculpture in the Museum, but no definite conclusion has as yet been reached as to its exact...
...clock this evening in Sever 11, Mr. Copeland will read from Coleridge, Keats, Scott and Shelley. The selections will include "The Skylark," the "Ode on a Grecian Urn," a passage from "Marmion" and "Kubia Khan." The reading will be open to members of the University...
Yesterday afternoon, Professor de Sumichrast gave an introductory lecture in Sander's theatre on Racine's "Athalie." He gave an account of the effect Grecian drama had on French tragedy from the time of the Renaissance, and a description of its highest form of perfection attained by Racine. To a genius like Racine, the three classic limitations of unity in time, space and action had no influence, because he deals with the human heart. Professor de Sumichrast also gave an account of the form of play used by Racine, and spoke of several special characteristics of "Athalie" itself...
Professor Moore has lately received for the Fogg Art Museum an invoice of photographs from London representing all the antiquities of the British Museum. These photographs comprise Egyptian, Assyrian, Grecian, and Graeco-Roman works of art in the departments of sculpture, painting and pottery. By this acquisition, the number of photographs in the collection is increased to nearly 20,000. For the practical purposes of the student, these photographs are as useful as the objects themselves in the British Museum...
...great value of the subject itself is not the only reason why it is worth while to go to these lectures. It is a great privilege to hear such a man as Dr. Dorpfeld. His reputation is world-wide. He is the greatest Grecian archaelogist. His delivery is wonderfully fine and impressive. His enunciation is so clear and distinct that the most indifferent German student cannot fail to catch his meaning now and then. Added to this is the aid given by stereopticon illustrations, which in themselves convey some idea of the theme...