Word: masterly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Lampoon will celebrate its fortieth birthday at the annual dinner and party in the Lampoon Building tonight. William Roscoe. Thayer '81 will be the toast-master. Many of the founders of the paper will be present. Among the guests will be President Lowell, J. T. Wheelwright '76, A. W. Longfellow '76, Carlton Sprague '81, Barrett Wendell '02, Robert Grant '73, F. S. Sturgis '75, A. M. Sherwood '77, and T. R. Y'Barra...
...Temptation" by Mr. Watson, whose fantastic yet unadorned humor is a gift rare indeed. The saints stirring "uneasily in their thrones" shows the white flash of genius. Mr. Fay's "By Olympus," not-withstanding the "hymadryads" (this issue is defaced by misprints on almost every page), is another little master-piece of delicate comedy. A Bacchus that smiles in his sleeve is surely a god we may all worship. A pleasing prose-poem and Mr. Wright's severe indictment of Chesterton are the most worth-reading of the other prose-contributions...
...that will be longest remembered, is the wonderful portrait of Olivares from the Villahermosa Collection in Madrid, painted by Velasquez in 1624. Throughout Velasquez's life and work. Philip IV and the Count Duke of Olivares exercised the strongest influence upon him, and during the early years of the master's activity as court painter, he produced almost exclusively portraits of the royal family and of Olivares. Of the latter, unfortunately only a limited number are extant; the balance were destroyed when Olivares fell into disgrace in 1643. Though Olivares is younger in the full length portrait...
...successful composition will be performed in the Appleton Chapel under the direction of Dr. A. T. Davison, organist and choir-master...
...That the recipients of all degrees heretofore and hereafter granted by Harvard College, other than the recipients of the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Honorary degrees, whose rights are fixed by Chapter 173 of the Acts of 1865 as amended, shall be entitled to vote for Overseers to the same extent to which recipients of the degree of Bachelor of Arts may now so vote and under the same restrictions...