Word: objects
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...stated before, the object of the league is to give the best players in college a better opportunity for practice, and especially to give them tournament practice. It is expected that the courts will be in condition by Friday, and the schedule for playing will soon be ready...
...will be seen at once that the object of this amendment is to get men back promptly after the vacations, and thus, theoretically, secure a greater degree of regularity in their work. If the recesses remain as short as they are at present, this change will doubtless be the cause of inconvenience for the men who live at a considerable distance from Cambridge. Especially will this be true at Christmas when everybody wants to go home; but it would not be worth while for many men to do so for a vacation of only eleven or twelve days...
...cuneiform script was employed by several nations in western Asia, including the Babylonians and Assyrians, the Armenians, the Cappadocians, and the Persians. It was at first a picture writing, like the Egyptians and the Chinese. Each sign stood for an object or idea. By a development some of the signs came to stand for syllables. Beyond this the Babylonians refused to go, but the Persians, on adopting the script, rejected most of the signs and reduced the rest to an alphabet of about forty-six letters. The place and date of the origin of the script are unknown. The oldest...
About fifteen men assembled yesterday afternoon in 33 Mathews for the purpose of organizing a photographic society amongst the students of Harvard University. Mr. C. L. B. Withrow, L. S., as temporary chairman, briefly stated the object of such a society and said that the faculty would surely countenance it; moreover, the corporation would probably grant the use of a room in Sever hall to be used as a dark room. Mr. W. M. Turner, '91, and Mr. J. E. Ball, L. S., proposed a constitution, taking as a model the constitution of the Boston Camera Club. This was adopted...
About one sixth of Goethe's works are autobiographical. Of these Professor Ripley devoted his attention to "Dichtung und Wahrheit" and "Italienische Reise." In writing the former Goethe's immediate object was to furnish to his readers a key so aid their apprehension and appreciation of the works he had already published. In this work, three volumes of which appeared in 1811, 1812 and 1813 respectively, Goethe gives a story of his early life. Many contemporary portraits also are included, among which that of Goethe's father, is especially valuable. "Truth and Fiction" is a very misleading translation...