Word: modeling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first order of business was the formation of a constitution for the new League. The old constitution of the Intercollegiate Base-ball Association was taken as a model but it was changed so essentially and completely that the result bears but little resemblance to it. The changes made, and the important provisions inserted, will be found in the following extracts from the new constitution, as finally adopted...
...impressed the correct form of the nude figure upon the artist that he was gradually induced to abandon conventional statues of the gods and fashion the more perfect ones of athletes. Then, too, the training of many men had the effect of furnishing a large number of good models. It is almost impossible for our modern artists to get even one very good model. The Palaestra became the dissecting room of the Greek artist; he did not need to study the human form...
...very justly too. She tells us that eighty-nine has failed in doing its share of the work which must be done. In other words, to put the disagreeable fact in plain English, the present sophomore class is either singularly devoid of literary ability, or else is a model class for laziness...
...Whoever seeks to solve the problem of Prayer-and-Providence' (namely, whether Supplication is only a vehicle for Aspiration), should ponder 'The Prayer of the Presidents;' a model prayer, devoted as the verse of Wesley, dignified as the style of Washington, undogmatic and rational - not to say witty - as the words of Lincoln...
...call in the remote and unknown regions of the city, the references will be of great assistance. In addition to this convenient directory, a list of the buildings and halls, of the fire alarm boxes, railroad stations, etc., is annexed. It might be mentioned in conclusion that the model title of the list of principal disputants is "The Elite-Cambridge Directory...