Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Modern Languages; Assistant Professor Marsh that of Professor Sheldon as Chairman of Italian and Spanish; Professor White that of Professor Smith as Chairman of Classics; Professor Royce that of Professor Palmer as Chairman of Philosophy; Professor Macvane that of Professor Dunbar as Chairman of History and Political Science; Professor Gross that of Professor Emerton as chairman of History and Roman Law; Professor Norton that of Professor Moore as Chairman of Fine Arts; Professor Hall that of Professor Trowbridge as Chairman of Physics; Professor Jackson that of Professor Cooke as chairman of Chemistry; and Professor Davis that of Professor Shaler...
...unnatural delight which some seem to have in making old John intoxicated. Apparently there are certain men now in college who find this a source of considerable amusement. If they all would stop and think seriously of the unfair advantage they take of John's weakness and of the gross injustice they do both to him and his family, we believe there would be none so unmanly or inconsiderate as to continue the abominable habit. Old John is old and feeble enough as he is; let him have every chance to pass the last years of his life as happily...
...strange then that prose preponderated over verse. Satire and cynicism occupied the best poems and the poet became a man about town. Society everywhere was intriguing for place or power. But the influence of the times on literature was not wholly bad, for the wits corrected many gross faults that had come in with restoration, and brought infinite good sense with grace and terseness of expression...
...very common, the number contains two articles on travel, one by Henry Van Dyke entitled "From Venice to the Gross-Venediger," the other by Alfred J. Weston, called "From Spanish Light to Moorish Shadow." There are so many magazine articles of travel which are hardly more than mere guide book accounts, that it is a pleasure to come across such an appreciative writer as Dr. Van Dyke. He gives something more than a topographical description of the country passed over; and when he gives this, he puts it in a charmingly readable form. There is a distinct atmosphere...
...Alexander McKenzie, and Dr. T. H. Chandler were on the platform. President Eliot opened the meeting with the statement that the Dental School of Harvard wanted a building for its especial use and had no means of securing one. It has but $22,000 and a gross income of only $10,000. It has depended largely on the charity of the Medical School, but it now wants to have a suitable building...