Word: periodicities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...invading army, where the dynasty or governing class alone is changed; only so much of the language of the conqueror infuses itself as is absolutely necessary to the commerce of life, and the speech of the people gradually absorbs into itself these foreign elements and assimilates them. During the period of manuscripts, the influence of literature upon language was comparatively small; languages continued in a state of solution, and it was the invention of printing which finally precipitated them in crystals of homogeneous and enduring forms...
...fragments from Professor Lowell's college lectures will be available than was at first expected. Instead of six supplements there will proably be twelve. The number issued this year will not, however, exceed six, since it is desired not to make too close an approach to the final examination period. The remaining six supplements will appear during the course of the coming academic year...
...present period of service which Dr. Leighton Parks gives at morning chapel will be the last by him during this year. Dr. Parks has now been one of the University Preachers for three years, and is, by length of service, the senior member of the Board. We cannot too often acknowledge the great debt owed by the members of the University to these ministers who are willing to disturb their ordinary pastoral duties in order to aid in the religious life here...
...recognized that the present vacation divides the period from the Christmas vacation until the summer with more equality than would the proposed vacation. On the other hand, the latter would divide the second half-year exactly, so that with reference to college work, the new location would not be unfitting. But, granting that the present vacation has a theoretical advantage in equally dividing the year, we believe that the practical advantage is all on the side of a vacation which has the greatest chance of making open-air amusements possible...
...early literary efforts he deals only with small families, like a beginner who does not feel sure of his footing. "A Foregone Conclusion," with its Italian flavor and charm, is representative of this period of his writing. He later handled more numerous characters, surrounded by more complicated circumstances. In this class of his writings he introduces together with realistic detail, a type which is brought out and emphasized by his skill in individualizing character. "A Modern Instance" is an example of this style of novel and although furiously attacked for the grim and sordid tastes which it details...