Word: homeric
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...section in Greek III are beginning the 19th book of Homer's Odyessey...
...held at the Fifth-avenue Hotel on December 27. Five colleges were represented: Bowdoin by R. I. Tompso; Cornell by Carl A. Raht and F. G. Schofield; Princeton by C. W. Bird; wesleyan by T. R. Hoyt; and the University of Pennsylvania by Clemens Jones and W. McP. Homer. The following gentlemen were elected as officers for the ensuing year: C. W. Bird of Princeton, president; R. I. Thompson of Bowdoin, vice-president; C. Jones of Pennsylvania, secretary; F. G. Schofield of Cornell, treasurer; and W. G. Reed of Bowdion, R. L. Hart of Pennsylvania, and W. W. downs...
...suppose." I continued, "that you think no music equal to the rush and swing of Homer's Iliad...
...stared vacantly at me. and seemed puzzled. Finally she gave me a faint smile and said half confidentially, "O, you musn't think I care for Homer so much. Of course when I 'went in' for classics, I had to read him a good deal, and so had the other girls, but I don't think any of us cared much about it. As long as we could get through it somehow and pass, the rest didn't matter...
Greek 3 has now finished Book xv. of Homer's Odyssey. There will be an hour examination in this course before December, which may be substituted for parts of the mid-year examination. Two-thirds of the paper will be at sight, one-third will be on what has already been read...