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...University; and he contributed as much as any single man to the establishment of our Graduate School. He had a rare combination of qualities, both of mind and of temper, to make him a superior teacher of advanced pupils. For him classical learning was no mere accomplishment, a pleasing ornament for a man of letters, but an important branch of Anthropology, giving insight into the mental operations and intellectual and moral growth of ancient peoples. To him literature and monuments were records of life, and were to be interpreted by that and in turn themselves to interpret it. He said...
...architecture, said Professor Warren, consists in building structures not merely useful but also beautiful, by using the materials at hand so as to produce an ornament. To give the impression of beauty anything must have unity, and this unity is possessed by the Parthenon, probably the most perfect and beautiful building ever erected...
...union, the change has already made encouraging progress and it is only a matter of time, for the Sheff. Y. M. C. A. to become a leading factor in university work. Work on the Phelps Gateway is progressing rapidly, and when completed it will be a conspicuous ornament to the Campus...
...final rounds in all branches of the fall to ornament will be finished in a few days. Yesterday Wren and Codman won the finals in the consolation doubles, defeating Loines and Sand. The other matches played yesterday resulted as follows...
...Obeyed" holds her head up like an antelope, and is quite as agile as that beautiful animal. It was observed on the opening night that one of these fair warriors looked like a certain Boston beauty who has achieved some distinction by her capture of foreign celebrities to ornament her "afternoons," but of course it is only a resemblance, though a close one. At any rate it is not safe to disbelieve in "dopple-gangers" when two women could play in a 'Comedy of Errors' and deceive their best friends...