Word: others
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The Boylston Prize speaking of last Thursday marked a great change in the style of declamation which has hitherto prevailed at Harvard Formerly every speaker was more or less prone to strain the natural effect of his address by an abundance of gestures and a pretentious oratorical display, thus sacrificing...
The competitive declamation for the Boylston prizes took place last night before a large audience. The speaking as a whole was excellent, and of higher grade than that of any previous year. All the competitors showed careful training and appreciation of the passages selected by them, The prizes were awarded...
The faculty of Cornell have just passed the rule that if a student is guilty of intoxication, gambling, or other gross immorality, or of interference with the personal liberty of any student, he will be expelled from the University. It is understood that the law will be rigidly enforced.
By means of intercollegiate matches of one kind or another, the University of Pennsylvania has of late been brought into closer relations with Harvard. In the foot-ball and cricket, annual games between the two universities have been arranged, and yesterday the Shooting Club had a chance of trying its...
Mr. Santayana in his poem "Two Voices" beautifully expresses the antithesis in the bitter language of the soul that has found nothing but defeat in this world and that looks beyond earth for some sign of hope, and in the resignation of that other soul that finds in every triumph...