Word: matter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Briggs, yesterday afternoon, to discuss the project of forming an English Club. It was proposed to organize a society similar to the Historical Society and the Classical Club. There was an informal talk on the subject, but nothing definite was decided upon. It was thought best to leave the matter to the undergraduates present who will perfect plans and report in the near future...
...management reported that they had tried to arrange a match for Monday, Oct. 11, between Fifteen of the University and the Gentlemen of Ireland. Unfortunately, though, owing to the fact that they had to sail from New York on the following Wednesday, the Irishmen were unable to play, a matter of regret to the cricket authorities at Harvard, not only because such a fixture would have helped the game a great deal in the University, but because it would have considerably improved Harvard's chances of meeting Yale, its great rival, in an annual match...
...very materially changed this year. Instead of the course being in the hands of one man as heretofore, lectures will be delivered by Dr. Whiting, Professors Hall, B. O. Pierce, Trowbridge, and Dr. Sheldon. The first lecture will be given a week from today by Dr. Whiting on "Matter and Motion," in the large lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory. The lectures of this course are open to all members of the university...
...behalf of the committee having the matter in charge, and who were appointed last April, the president presented the new pamphlet of the Society containing a preface, historical sketch, the revised constitution, the names of honorary members and the past presidents and secretaries...
...scholars have sometimes soberly offered the most ridiculous theories to explain Homeric difficulties. However, the study of Homer at the present time is more intelligent than ever before, one reason being that our text is a very pure one, better even than the one used by Virgil. The subject matter of the poem, too, has been thoroughly illumined by the united learning of many eminent scholars; mythology, likewise, is better understood, as is also the civilization of the Homeric age. So that with improved helps and a better point of view we are prepared to do good work...