Word: objects
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...archaic features of the Elizabethan drama in preparation for the publication of his book, which will have a prefatory note by F. York Powell, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. As its title shows, the book is a study of Hamlet, and of Shakespeare's environment, with the object of showing that the mad scenes now played had a comic aspect now ignored. Mr. Corbin's general point of view is that Shakespeare only wrote the drama for Elizabethan audiences. They, in their time, saw jest in what would seem to us only the severest tragedy. What he wishes...
...concerned. The running expenses of the team are necessarily considerable, and they must be in large part defrayed by contributions from the class. It is in matters like this that the real strength of class feeling can be tested, since students generally part reluctantly with money, unless for some object in which they feel a live interest. Ninety-eight, if she lacks in class interest, should yet have class pride enough to prevent her from leaving any deficit in her baseball accounts at the close of the season...
...this week, on the lines laid down in the subjoined statement which was to have appeared in this morning's issue of the College papers. In view, however, of the false and misleading reports sent to and published by some of the Boston papers last Saturday morning, respecting the object of the conference and the intentions of the committee and a member of the Faculty, they have decided to abandon the project, and no conference will be held. They desire to state explicitly that the football question was not to be discussed and that no idea of a senate...
...principal objects of the conference is the compilation of an annual handbook in which the graduate courses of the several universities may be brought together in a form suitable for ready reference. Closely allied with this object is that of effecting a system of inter-migration between the universities, like that in vogue in Germany...
...intercollegiate prohibition team has been formed with one representative each from Harvard, Tufts, Newton Theological School, and Boston University. The Harvard member of the team is W. W. Fisher '95, who is at present the president of the Prohibition Club. The object of the team is to lecture on prohibition in the towns and cities in the vicinity of Boston and thus further the interests of the cause. All the members of the team will attend the different meetings and each will speak on some phase of the prohibition question...