Word: rare
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Anyone who has visited the Boylston Chemical Labratory and seen the mineralogical collection upstairs, has doubtless been surprised at the size of the collection, and at the rare beauty of some of the specimens. But unless he were a connoisseur he would hardly realize that this was one of the two finest collections of the kind in America, the other being at Yale. The European collections which surpass the Harvard one are those at the British Museum, at Vienna, and at Paris. All of these collections, however, have been aided by subsidies from the government. The Harvard collection...
...tropical greenhouses at the Harvard Botanic Garden there is a rare variety of the orchid family now in bloom. The magnificent plant, whose technical name is angraecum sequipedale, is a native of Madagascar where it is found growing upon large trees. In Madagascar it usually has a stem about four feet high; its leaves are a glossy green and are about a foot long. The blossom is nearly six inches in diameter, is very white, and has a spur from a foot to a foot and a half in length. It fragrance is very powerful and is peculiarly...
...university and college buildings, the great dormitories and work shops, and the numerous other buildings necessary for a university which is intended to accommodate 800 male and female students, Mrs. Stanford is preparing, out of her own income, the construction of a building for the accommodation of such rare and curious articles as were collected by her son during his lifetime. It is to be constructed of cut stone, and in imitation of the museum at Athens, the plans and drawings of which have been forwarded by the Government of Greece, under the authority of Brusha Bey, President...
...famous comedian, will return to the Tremont Tremont Theatre this evening in the "Henrietta." Besides the high standing of Mr. Robson, the Henrietta is a play which has aroused a high degree of interest wherever produced. In this comedy Mr. Howard has blended stocks, sentiment and humor with rare skill. The play is a satire brightly and wittily written, which possesses a serious vein for effective dramatic interest. For the second and last week Mr. Robson will offer his new comedy, "Is Marriage a Failure?" a query he will most amusingly answer...
...George Gordon spoke yesterday afternoon at the Vesper service. He said that in the ancient times most cities used to be surrounded by strong walls. Cities without walls, however, were not very rare, and they were often full of beautiful works of art, and their citizens famous in oratory and literature, but these were the defenceless cities, open on all sides to the attacks of enemies. It is just the same with human souls; those alone are secure from temptations which are well enclosed in a wall of moral courage and right. A man has no right to enter college...