Word: old
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...interest and the glory of these Venetians lie in their masterly use of color. Whatever their subject, it was beautified by wonderful contrasts of light and shade. Color is usually associated with gaiety and frivolity; but those old masters did not treat it gaily or flippantly, and it forms the great charm and beauty of their work. Their bold massing, their sharp and delicate contrasts, have never been equalled...
...beginning of the academic year, 1894-95; except that present tenants in these halls who reengaged their rooms for 1894-95, shall not be required to pay the increase in price during that year." The new rates are from fifty to seventy-five per cent. higher than the old. The lowest priced rooms in these dormitories, which formerly were $44 are now $70, and the highest priced rooms are raised from...
...will select for their senior studies a number of hours per week which, in addition to those chosen and passed without conditions at the end of junior year, will bring the total number up to thirty hours. The class of 1895, will, however, select fifteen hours, as under the old arrangement. The required work in the upper classes remains...
...England Intercollegiate Baseball Association, consisting of Amherst, Williams and Dartmouth, has voted to play under the old pitching distance rules this season...
...another war, a voice from heaven seemed to call upon him to renounce his present mode of life and devote himself to the service of God. He returned to his native town, eager to serve in the cause to which God had summoned him. Inspite of the taunts of old friends and the violent remonstrance of his father he devoted himself enthusiastically to the care of the poor and of the sick and to utter self-abnegation. He drew followers to himself and in the course of time, obtained permission from Rome to form an order. Since his time...