Word: part
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...took in regard to the large majority of the recent votes. He appeared to take the stand that the system of government in regard to attendance at recitations now in vogue at Harvard, although not materially lowering the average grade of scholarships, led to habits of laxity on the part of a certain class of students-a laxity which could hardly fail to result in an opposition to the true purposes of the University. The opinion of the Board of Overseers as to what is the best remedy for these evils seems to be well expressed in the regulations just...
...fall before the German troops had closed in about Paris, the French troops were for the most part employed outside the line of forts which surrounded the city, and were protected only by a slight barricade. These barricades were formed of masonry and were intended to have been surmounted by bags of earth to break the force of the shells, but as time failed for the completion of the works, bags of potatoes taken from the peasants who were hurrying into Paris, were used instead of bags of earth, and so great was the lack of provisions among the soldiers...
HASTY PUDDING.- All those wishing to take part in the chorus of the spring theatricals will meet in the auditorium of the club on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 5 p. m. It is important that as many as possible should be present...
...OSGOOD, JR.HASTY PUDDING.- All those wishing to take part in the chorus of the spring theatricals will meet in the auditorium of the club on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 5 p. m. It is important that as many as possible should be present...
...this account, however, was there any lack of opportunity to gain a knowledge of the stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey. On every occasion possible- at games, at feasts, at public and private assemblies- the bard or rhapsode was given the place of honor, and it was his part to recite again and again to the eager listeners the story of Achilles, Ajax, or Odysseus. In this way the people in every part of Greece became familiar with the great poems which were finally transcribed and carefully handed down from generation to generation. In the schools children...