Word: life
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hours per week is nearer twelve than nine. It is not too much to say that more than half of the afternoons in his last two years will find him in the laboratory. Who can blame him for a hollow laugh if one mentions the "other advantages" of College life? To be sure, his evenings may be free, but that is the time when the men he would find most value in associating with are doing their studying. Of all those who desire to see lights burning in the laboratories as long as they do in the reading rooms...
...loud. At length "the class of 1744" was called; a feeble old man stepped forth, and passed along the aisle alone. A reaction was experienced, and a burst of animated cheers followed his tottering foot-steps. It was a grand moment. I know nothing finer in the poetry of life...
College History and Life...
...historical sketch of the Yard from its earliest beginnings to the present time. Of particular interest in the description of the fence and the various gates, and the history of the grounds and buildings. The closing section of the "Guide" is devoted to a review of student life at Harvard, athletics, journalism, clubs, Commencement, and Class...
Similarly the newly collected cuts from the "Dance of Death" by Hans Holbein. "The Death of the Virgin" by Rembrandt, and works by Abraham Bosse tell much about the manner of life of people in the seventeenth century. Prints by Boucher and Fragonnard, flower designs for wall-paper and textiles after Pillemont, and a reproduction of Hogarth's "Marriage a la Mede" are illustrative of the decorative arts in the eighteenth century...