Word: master
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...conditions under which the dream happened to me were these.-Last Friday I read a very dull book nearly all day,-"grinding" for the Mid-years. At length, in the evening, I could stand it no longer. My mind was tired, my memory overtaxed. With one last attempt to master my author's dullness, I yielded to him and retired from the contest exhausted. To invigorate myself I turned to De Quincey. I chanced to take up the volume on Murder, and tried the story of the murderer Johnson. The first few pages were interesting. The interest developed. Before...
...most perfect literary embodiments of the conception of the Spirit of Evil. The Devil is unique in that although other Christian ideals have inspired the painter, the architect, and the sculptor, the Devil alone has made a permanent place for himself in the very first rank of literary master-pieces...
...Conference has been exceptionally good. On Friday and Saturday last the singing was led by a choir consisting of men from the Glee Club, and Mr. E. H. Ferry, '86, was organist. On Sunday, Messrs. F. S. Palmer, '86, and W. A. Locke, choir master, were the organists at the afternoon and evening services respectively. and the Glee Club led the singing...
...annual dinner of the club will occur next Thursday, Feb. 26th, at 6.30 P. M., in Young's Hotel. The officers will be as follows: President, F. Winthrop White, '85; toast master, T. T. Baldwin, '86; chorister, A. G. Mason, '86. The price per plate will be $2.00, and all desiring to attend must sign the book at Bartlett's, or leave their names with the committee before Wednesday, the 25th...
...compel the candidates for admission to obtain a suitable "fit," by demanding a laboratory examination in addition to the usual written examination. The men would, moreover, be required to hand in note-books containing full data of the experiments performed during the school course, signed by the head master of their respective schools. This step would be taken to oblige the preparatory schools to secure proper apparatus and laboratory accommodations. The following are the list of proposed subjects, divided into Elementary and Advanced, from which a certain number may be chosen for admission, according to any of the four combinations...