Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Fogg Museum is a fine cast of the Pieta of St. Peters in Rome by Michael Angelo. This cast is now on view in the Michael Angelo room, and near it is hung a large carbon photograph taken from the marble. From the two a very just idea of this important early work by the great master may be obtained...
...whole such an international race would be a desirable addition to the present list of intercollegiate athletic contests is a matter for consideration. Certainly the expense, no matter how quickly and eagerly loyal graduates and enthusiastic students would raise the money to defray it, is against the idea. Then, too, it may be questioned whether all the newspaper talk and excitement and the increased expenditure of time as well as money would not tend to bring discredit upon college athletics generally in the same way that the great football games are admitted to have done when not played on college...
...game has been arranged between the Yale 'varsity nine and a team made up of Yale graduates, to take place on May 13, at the Yale field. The greater part of the graduate team will be the regular 'varsity coachers, and the idea in having the game is to give the latter a chance to size up the men, particularly the pitchers. If the scheme turns out to be a success it will be made a fixture...
Another feature of this issue is Glasses, a complete story, by Henry James. The central idea of this story is most unique, and affords Mr. James an unusual opportunity to exercise his talents as a storyteller...
From the work which has already been done it is possible to form some idea of what the finished buildings will...