Word: profs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Prof. Charles Eliot Norton and W. D. Howells make a joint appeal in behalf of the Armenian monastery of San Lazzaro at Venice, burned to the ground last summer. It was devoted exclusively to the education of young Armenians and the spread of Armenian literature...
...costumes of the 'Birds' were probably less conventional and more picturesque than those actually employed by Aristophanes and their ornithological accuracy was secured as nearly as possible by Prof. Newton. Their dress consisted of a bird's head with an appropriate beak, covering the head of the actor, except an oval opening for his face, and wings reaching from the shoulders to the knees and enveloping the arms, by which they were moved from within. Some of the birds had long necks extending several feet above the heads of the actors; these were swans, a spoon-ball, and a gorgeous...
Among the recent treasures placed in the library is a cast of Cromwell's face. It was presented by Prof. Norton who received it from his friend Thomas Carlyle...
...annual report of Prof. Pickering of the observatory has been published. It is rather long but interesting. reviewing in detail the doings of the year...
Fifty alumni of Hamilton College were present at their annual dinner, which took place Thursday evening at the Union Square Hotel in New York. Speeches were made by President Darling, ex-Governor Walker, Prof. Chester and others...