Word: popularity
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lecture was concluded with a review of the national popular plays, a priceless gift which the Bretons alone possess, and a unique outgrowth of the mystery plays of the middle ages...
Although Brittany furnished Western Europe with its legends of the middle ages, it is only in the 19th century that its popular literature has been given to the world at large. Yet there are three definite spheres in which the Breton imagination has wielded a unique influence. First is the legend: the country, its forest, its rocky shores, are peopled with fairies, sirens, and heroes, and the Breton genius has stamped them with a mystery all its own. To believe, one has but to read the works of Luzel. Its national legends are unparalleled, as for instance the tale...
...Seniors and four Juniors, has entire charge of an arrangements. Although but 180 men are now cared for, it is planned to increase the accommodations, so that next year the entire Freshman class may have a common eating place, doing away with the former catering system. The scheme is popular with all undergraduates, and bids fair to become a regular institution, forming a precedent from which incoming classes will find it difficult to depart...
...Popular Science Monthly--"Anaximander, Earliest Precursor of Darwin," by C. R. Eastman '90: "The Cause, Nature, and Consequence of Eyestrain," by G. M. Gould...
...every was a great success. At twelve o'clock all of the 836 seats were taken. The hall was decorated with palms, Harvard and Yale flags, and red and blue electric lights. Carnations were furnished for each plate. The music, which was by Kanrich's orchestra, included all the popular football songs...