Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...true that Wordsworth "has no style"? [Quoted from preface to M. Arnold's "Selections from Wordsworth," xxii. Contra: Principal Shairp's "Aspects of Poetry;" Essay, Poetic Style in Modern English Poetry...
...production as elaborate as was that of the Greek play of a few years ago. In this, none but students will take part. The play which will be given is the Phormio of Terence. The plot is much more complicated than that of those plays usually attempted. It is modern however in its tone...
...play will be given as nearly as possible in the manner in which such a play would be given in the time of Augustus, although probably no masks will be used. The effort will be made to make the presentation rather an illustration than a modern dramatic entertainment...
...give as exact a reproduction of the play as possible, at the same time to make it accord with the culture of to-day. In the music, particularly, it is very hard to reconcile the many difficulties. A strict following of the old forms would hardly pass with a modern audience; it would sound ridiculous at the least, while it would be certainly pointless to introduce music as it is now. These obstacles, it is understood, have been overcome to a great extent and the music which has already been written is thought to be near enough to the ancient...
...this scheme it is possible to drop Greek or Latin and substitute Physics or Mathematics or modern languages; in short, it is a decided step in the direction of free election of courses. In the junior year only one course of three hours a week is to be required, the students electing anything else they choose, provided that they have not less than fifteen hours a week. The required course is in mental and moral science. In the senior year only one course of two hours a week is to be required, and this is a choice from eleven electives...