Word: reading
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...President Hadley of Yale University on "The Obligations of the Prize Winner." Deturs were awarded to about twenty scholars of the first group who had never before received this form of academic recognition, and the names of the principal prize winners and scholars of the past year were read...
Miss Emily W. Robinson of Malden will read Dr. Henry van Dyke's story; "The Lost Word." in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. After the reading N. R. Cole '09 will play the following selections on the pianoforte...
...meeting of the Debating Council yesterday the subject submitted by the French Department for the Pasteur Medal debate, "The Policy of France in Morocco," was accepted. A new regulation, that men may speak with notes in the debate, although they must not read their speeches, was adopted. The Pasteur Medal debate is open only to undergraduates...
...when it was hardly possible to write composedly and coolly. Though not as good as his poetry, Milton's prose has not received the attention due it by scholars; it has been slighted because it calls to account king, church, council, and common law. This prose should be read especially by Americans, because it is one of the forerunners of their liberty. In Paradise Lost Milton shows his great spiritual thought; for the Holy Bible is the only work in English that surpasses it in this respect. The poet himself is one of the "kings" of the English race...
Professsor I. L. Winter '86 will give his first reading from Shakspere's comedy, "Twelfth Night," in Sever 11, this evening at 7.45 o'clock. The reading will be from act I, scenes 3 and 5, and act IV, scene 3, including the comic scenes of the play. After the reading from Shakspere, Professor Winter will read a portion of "Artemus Ward's Lecture." Members of the University only will be admitted...