Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Both his poetry and his prose reveal a nature never quite integnated into wholeness of structure, into harmony with itself. His writing, at its best, is noble and delightful, full of human charm, but it is difficult for him to master a certain waywardness and to sustain any note steadily. This temperamental flaw does not affect the winsomeness of his letters, unless to add to it. It is lost to view, often, in the sincerity and pathos of his lyrics, but it is felt in most of his longer efforts in prose, and accounts for a certain dissatisfaction which many...
...Copley Society met at the Fogg Art Museum yesterday afternoon to celebrate the Ruskin centenary by listening to a lecture on the master's work illustrated by a large variety of original Ruskin drawings. This remarkable loan collection of drawings may still be seen today from 9-10 and from 12-5 P. M. in the Museum...
...school. These four years will be largely of prescribed subjects; but the fifth and other graduate years will usually be made up of elective courses in special fields or will be devoted to research. In general five years of work successfully completed in the school will lead to a Master's Degree. At least two years of the first four can be anticipated in college by those who wish to have a general education before entering the school and such men, as well as graduates of other technical schools, will in general be admitted to such advanced standing as their...
...Fosdick is a professor at Union Theological Seminary, and is the author of "The Meaning of Prayer:, "The Manhood of the Master", "The Challenge of the Present Day Crisis", and other bock on religious subjects...
...Chinese painting has been recently added to the exhibits at the Fogg Art Museum through the gift of Charles L. Freer of Detroit, a collector of Chinese art and an authority on the subject. It is a large picture entitled "Ancient Pines and Rocks," attributed to Li Cheny, a master of the Sung Dynasty. It was painted in the period when the feudal regime was at its height and shows in a marked degree the influence of that regime. According to authorities on the subject, the work was composed...