Word: homers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...great epic poets given by eminent authorities. But both accomplish the same purpose; a sympathetic appreciation of the spirit of the originals. Few undergraduates read Milton thoroughly, still fewer know Virgil and Dante beyond a few memorized lines repeated parrot-fashion, and relatively a handful have ever dipped into Homer. For the rest, and for this intellectual aristocracy as well, Professor Palmer's lecture this afternoon will open a vista into an unknown world...
...beginning of the second half-year starting on February 14, 1923, four lectures will be given on successive Wednesday afternoons at 4.30 o'clock in Emerson D. on the life and works of Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Milton, with readings from their works...
...February 14. He was for 40 years a professor of Philosophy in the University and with Professors James and Royee formed a famous trio of American philosophers. This is an unusual opportunity to hear him, because he has withdrawn almost wholly from public appearances. He will speak on Homer and read from his own translation...
April 2.--Charles Homer Haskins '08, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, "The Mediaeval Student...
...deinen blauen Augen" she had recovered all her powers and from then on she gave a flawless and impressive performance. Of simple charm was Warlock's "That Even I Saw"; Respighi's "Pioggia" rivals Strauss's "Schlechtes Wetter" in picture painting; "From the Brake the Nightingale" by Mme. Homer's husband, Sydney Homer, equals Macdowell's beauty, and dispenses with his cloying sweetness; while the same composer's "How's my boy?" is of strange power, reminiscent in general spirit of Synge's "Riders to the Sea", and of equally compelling force...