Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Yale corporation has voted to establish the degree of Master of Science in the Sheffield Scientific School. The new degree is general in character and corresponds to that of Master of Arts in the academic department. The degree is conferred on graduates of Yale and other universities, of two years' standing or upwards, who have taken their first degree in science and who pursue successfully a higher course of study under the direction of the governing board. Such a course will involve at least one year of resident study, followed by an examination and presentation of a satisfactory thesis...
...north wall of the main upper gallery the photographs from portraits by Dutch and Flemish masters have been replaced by another series after portraits, and ideal heads, by the Venetian masters: Bellini, Giorzione, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese. Among these are portraits of himself by each master, and others of various historical personages...
...Newton 1 G., is the author of "The Recent Crisis in India," a political and historical essay of a good deal of weight. He seems to be a master of his subject and of the historical style of Macaulay. The paragraphing in particular reminds one of Macaulay's rhetorical methods...
...hereby give notice that, on the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Corporation and Board of Overseers have instituted a degree of Master of Science, and have committed the administration of this degree to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, subject to all the regulations relating to degrees contained in the statutes, with the understanding that the degree shall be maintained for the promotion of advanced study in some special field of science, and that it shall never be given as an honorary degree...
...conditions of admission to candidacy for the degree of Master of Science and the requirements for the degree will be announced later. In the meantime, students who wish to become candidates for the degree are advised to make special application to the Faculty...