Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...scholars returning to their chambers, found one of them on fire and the Fire had proceeded so far, that if the Devotions had held three Minutes longer, the Colledge had been irrecoverably laid in Ashes, which now was happily preserved." A peculiar feature of morning prayers at this period was, that, after the exercises, the President was accustomed to hear public confessions from the students in presence of all the classes and officers, and to ad- minister discipline, which consisted of degradation, admonition, or expulsion, according to the nature of the offence. Many instances of this sort are recorded...
...works. It has been translated into twenty seven tongues, and even during the restoration of the Stuarts, when the rest of Shakspere's plays were for the time forgotten in England, Hamlet continued to be played. This play, standing as it does among the plays of the tragic period, is the manifestation of some great grief which has entered Shakspere's life at this time. It represents also the impression which human tragedy made on his mind...
Professor Beale will give a new half course during the second half year on the History of Crime in England and America. The course, which is officially known as History 29, will have but one two hour session a week, at a period to be decided later. The work will consist of lectures, reports and discussions, and investigation of special topics...
Debating at Harvard has undergone such rapid changes during the past three years that few of the features which existed in the old system are still extant. At the beginning of this period there was no University Debating Club--but there were two rival organizations, the Harvard Union and the Forum, which elected their members from all the different classes. But interest in these clubs began to flag, and as the result of causes which had been at work for several years, the two were combined in the spring of 1898, into a University Debating Club. Debates were carried...
...growth of scholarships at Harvard has extended over a period of more than two hundred and fifty years. There are now two hundred and thirteen scholarships having stipends which are available for students under the charge of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This number does not include the John Harvard and Harvard College Scholarships, which are appointments without stipend and are given to students of distinguished merit...