Word: instruct
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...varsity baseball practice yesterday consisted simply of batting. The rain had so softened the diamond that it was impossible to play on it and Colonel Winslow took advantage of the opportunity to instruct the players in his system of batting...
...soul of man. He extended the realm of nature into the unseen universe. The Divine Comedy was not intended merely to alarm the sinner by the picture of Hell's horrors, nor to confirm the good by the picture of Heaven's delights. It was intended simply to instruct, to warn, and to guide man. Brevity of utterance, concise expression and directness are the characteristics of the style of the poem. The Divine Comedy is priceless, not only as a work of marvellous beauty, but as an era in the history of thought...
...response to the call for teachers in the Chinese Sunday School in the Old Mount Vernon Street Church, seventeen men have sent in their names. There are still many Chinamen in the school without teachers, and the news that students from Harvard were coming to instruct them has largely increased the number. All men who would be willing to give their services are asked to send their names to E. von Mach, 18 Bowdoin street, Cambridge...
PERCY F. EMORY, Sec.LACROSSE. - Practice in throwing and catching will be continued in the Carey Building until the Christmas recess. All men who intend training for the team are expected to turn out. I will usually be in the Carey Building at 3.45 p. m. to instruct beginners...
...Venice Christianity was looked upon rather as a civic function than as the ruling influence in life. Her inhabitants were too proud and self-minded to consider anything seriously but their own prosperity and elevation. The paintings of Venice were not therefore intended to instruct in the gospel, but were rather representative of the actual city life, which was material and majestic. Commerce was what built up the city and maintained it in luxury, and on the whole it is natural that its art should show a development cerresponding to its surroundings...