Word: interest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...presidents and professors of seventeen colleges in the State of Ohio have organized an association to discuss questions of interest and promote a spirit of fraternity. Nine of these colleges have the word "university" attached to their title...
...city is noted for a group of buildings surrounding the Duomo, or cathedral, which dates from the eleventh century. In this church is the identical lamp from whose movements Galileo deduced the laws of the pendulum. The baptistry is a very handsome building, but the chief interest centers in the well known "Leaning Tower," from whose summit Galileo made his experiments on falling bodies. The attitude of this tower is probably due to the insufficient foundations laid by the builders, which caused it to settle while in process of construction. Sienna, the other principal city of Tuscany, is noted mainly...
...Ninety-two would not come forward promptly and generously with the necessary amount. The victory was a splendid one and the members of the team well deserve some token from the class. When we learn, therefore, that some men in the class, notably those who represent the boating interest, are unwilling that the football team should have cups, even when more than the necessary money is at hand-money, moreover, earned by the team-we are more than surprised. It seems to us not a little presumptuous on the part of any one to begrudge cups...
This evening at half-past seven o'clock, Professor Cooke will give the second of his series of illustrated lectures upon the cities of Italy. The views this evening will be taken from scenes in Sienna and Pisa. The historic interest which centres around these two old cities, perhaps the most romantic of all in Europe, will be brought all the more vividly to the mind by the views of world-famous buildings and ruins. The lectures will be given in Boylston, and members of the University and their friends are cordially invited to attend...
...February Atlantic Monthly is a very attractive number because of the variety and interest of its articles. Of the serials, "Passe Rose" by A. S. Hardy, fully keeps up the interest of the earlier chapters. This bids fair to be one of the best novels of the year. The second installment of Henry James', "The Tragic Muse," is written with all his usual artistic taste. It is too soon to judge of the story as a whole, but the beginning is surely auspicious. Shorter stories are "A Winter Courtship," by Miss Jewett, who is well known as a writer...