Word: plane
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...appealed to the imagination, the faith, and the superstition of the people. Instead of a onesided worship of Latin and Greek literature they proclaimed the universality of literature in all ages and among all nations. The great works of Schiller and Goethe, white lifting German literature to a higher plane, had tended to remove it further and further away from the understanding of the masses. The Romantic School endeavored to restore literature to the place it held in the Middle Ages when almost the whole intellectual activity of the nation centered in its poetry. The Middle Ages became the ideal...
...making the following boast: "The writer points out that now is the time for decisive action if Harvard wishes to put the mark of her condemnation upon the tendencies toward professionalism which are fast gaining headway. If Harvard alone wishes to see athletics put on a higher plane, let her withdraw, although it seems hardly probable that she would be allowed to act alone in this matter. Whatever is the means employed, the writer urges that Harvard may put herself in such a position that with all truth she may make this announcement: This university is for learning first...
...great superiority of this system over that of this year's Harvard crew is on the recover. The pose of the trunk is free, open and erect. The oar is feathered with the wrists; the hands are shot away at once in the same plane with the arms, and with the assistance of the powerful muscles of the shoulder, while the arms quickly resume their proper place. The ease and rapidity of these actions increase the speed and control the equilibrium. The muscles are exerted equally, and the erect trunk permits the lungs to be filled with deep draughts...
...courses in Mat emetics are at present, arranged, it is difficult for a student, who does not offer plane trigonometry on his admission examinations to pursue a connected course in analytic geometry while in college. A student who does not offer plane trigonometry must take either plane trigonometry during his freshman year, and wait until his sophomore year before commencing analytics, or he may take an elementary course (B) in analytic geometry during his freshman year, and in that case he will find himself considerably embarrassed in pursuing the subject. For course 3 will be too advanced for him, while...
...throughout the college in two scientific and deservedly popular games. The success of the club during the past year has shown conclusively that chess does not demand too much time and study to hold a secure place among college games, and that whist may be raised to a higher plane than that of a mere diversion of a few idle moments. The promised annual tournaments will serve as a stimulus to players outside of the society, and thus the club's increased prosperity is a matter of congratulation to the whole college...