Word: objective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Play." Little need be said of a gentleman who is so well known as Mr. Howard. The lecture will, without doubt, well repay all who attend. This lecture is to be the first in a series given under the auspices of the Shakspere Club, which has as its object the furtherance of elocution and dramatic expression. The initial lecture is peculiarly apt, for while few Harvard students, perhaps, will actually grace the boards, it is not by any means improbable that many students will write for the stage. There is a large field open in the direction of dramatic writing...
...literary society of the college, and by another from those graduates now studying in the Law School; endorsed by many a graduate of prominence, - the great prayer petition of 1886 cannot fail to mark an era in the progress of Harvard. But granting that it fail in its main object, - that, in spite of it, prayers still remain compulsory, - yet the Overseers cannot refuse to heed the reasonable and manly request contained in a minor clause, asking that detailed reasons be given for unfavorable action, if such action be taken. We look, then, for a happy conclusion of the matter...
...number of college professors recently met in New York and formed the American Economic Association. The object of the society is to promote among thinking men a more careful study and a better understanding of the economic problems, and especially those in which labor is involved. Among those connected with it are Francis A. Walker of the Institute of Technology, Pres. Adams of Cornell, Prof. Ely of Johns Hopkins, and Prof. James of the University of Pennsylvania...
...plan has been recently proposed by one of our French professors that a conference francaise, or French Seminar, if we may use the word, be established next year. The object of the conference would be to discuss various topics in French literature, and allied subjects, and the exercises would probably be conducted in French. As a means of increasing interest in French literature among the French students in college, and of acquiring information in a pleasant manner in subjects about which it is hard to get accurate information, we think the conference would prove a great success, and hope that...
...Herrick. Mr. A. B. Houghton's Ballad of Pleasure Seekers, though far above the average of college verse, is not, we think, quite up to the standard of his former work, in spite of a number of lines more than ordinarily good. It is likely that many will object to the gloomy sentiment of this poem. Yet if an optimist will kindly grant that verse pessimistic in tone is justifiable, he must acknowledge that Mr. Houghton's Ballad has not only strength but unusually deep feeling...