Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...order to promote advanced study and research in the Modern Languages and Literatures, the departments of English, German, French and Romance Philology have decided to establish a Modern Language Conference. The first meeting will be held on Wednesday. May 14, at 4 p. m., in Sever...
...instructors in the modern language department intend to start a seminary on the German plan, at which original essays on advanced work will be the subject of discussion...
...Songs of Syracuse," by William Burt Harlow, H. U., '79, is a small volume of poems celebrating the glories, not of the old Sicilian town but of the modern city of salt sheds and breweries. These poems are mostly inspired by rural scenery about the city and are mainly descriptive of nature and of the various languages in which she speaks. Other poems are pictures of European travel, others again reminiscences of happy youth and school days. Mr. Harlow's best work is descriptive and many of his lines are dainty and melodious. The best verses in the volume...
...Greek theatre furnishes contrasts, not parallels, to that of modern times. The Greeks produced an audience of thirty thousand to our possible three thousand, they sat in the open air, they went to theatre much as we go to church, and the actors wore masks, and had no harmony in singing. Greek theatre-going was for only three days, at the Dionysiac festival. The people at this time creased in holiday attire; the taverns were thrown open, bowls of free wine were everywhere and it was considered a solemn duty to get intoxicated. The streets were filled with mountebanks...
...argument that property of every description is protected by the state, and therefore liable to taxation. In an early state of society, when all property was visible and tangible, the above theory was not found impracticable. But even then it necessitated personal inquisitions, and was always unpopular. In modern times, however, much taxable property is intangible, as, for instance, stocks, bonds, and bills of exchange. Such property is subject to great and even frightful fluctuations of value. It is therefore utterly impossible for an assessor to find out what the actual wealth of a given taxpayer really is. The machinery...