Word: popular
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Astronomy does not hold the place it once had among the subjects considered essential to a liberal education. No "popular" course in it is given. This is not to be regretted, for it is certainly no loss to the science that the "popular" and superficial teaching of it has been dropped, with many of the other fixtures of the old curricula. But it would undoubtedly be of great interest still, to many members of the University, to learn somewhat more fully than they can from the catalogue, what, in general, the work of the Observatory is; and what noted contributions...
...Since the recent Harvard-Pennsylvania football game, the newspaper criticisms of decisions rendered by the umpire and referee have induced a popular belief that the University of Pennsylvania is unwilling to accept the result of the game without protests and explanations. It happens, also, that charges of unfairness, purporting to emanate from Harvard, have been preferred publicly against Pennsylvania as respects the playing of Brooke upon her team...
...girls. Carmen, declared the assailant, is ordered to prison. She fascinates the luckless brigadier, Jose, until he connives at her escape, and is himself placed under arrest for it. Carmen returns to her wandering gipsy life, and tempts Jose to desert. Carmen's love grows cold. Escamillo, the popular toreador, woos her. Carmen is faithless. She goes with Escamillo to the bull fight at Seville, Jose pursues her and stabs her to the heart. The scene of the opera is Spain, about...
...company has been rehearsing this grand opera for over a month and will surely give a highly creditable performance. The opportunity to hear "Carmen" at popular prices seldom comes and when it does, with all the beauty and taste of "a Castle Square production," it means that the theatre is to be jammed from top to bottom...
...company has been rehearsing this grand opera for over a month and will surely give a highly creditable performance. The opportunity to hear "Carmen" at popular prices seldom comes and when it does, with all the beauty and taste of "a Castle Square production," it means that the theatre is to be jammed from top to bottom...