Word: readings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Larrabee '16, G. H. Lee '16, L. M. Lombard '17, J. A. Machado '17, P. H. Means '17, W. H. Meeker '17, D. P. Morgan '16, S. C. Peabody '17, A. Potter '17, W. P. T. Preston '17, H. A. Quimby '18, P. L. Rabenold '16, W. A. Read '18, C. P. Reynolds '18, H. G. Reynolds '17, H. Robb '18, T. H. Rice '17, E. F. Smiley '17, J. P. Thurber '17, H. M. Thurston '18, R. T. Twitchell '16, J. C. White '17, W. P. Whitehouse '17, M. Wiggin...
...thrill of pride could they realize how deeply the French care for the good opinion and sympathy of this University--how strongly they desire "that Harvard at least should know the truth of this war," as they often expressed it. President Eliot's views concerning it have been widely read in France, and have created a profound impression there; whatever the rest of the United States may feel and do, the French look to Harvard for assurances of friendship and understanding. Only those who have recently been in France can understand how highly such assurances are prized there today...
...literature courses most men do not read literature; they read about literature. They take their general point of view from the instructor's lecture; and before the examinations they devour histories of literature, and learn the general nature of the work they are supposed to have read. In many cases, too, the examinations are such that this sort of information will enable one to obtain a good mark. Thus it is not a definite and personal knowledge and appreciation of literature which is the rule, but a vague and second-hand idea of its nature...
...take place in Sanders Theatre on Monday, June 21, at 12 o'clock, the floor and first balcony being reserved for ticket holders until a few minutes before the program begins. There will be an oration by James Ford Rhodes, LL.D. '01, of Boston, and a poem will be read by Alfred Noyes, Litt.D., of London. The general public is cordially invited to attend, and particularly members of the undergraduate body, the presence of whom is greatly desired...
...Morse 1G., of Tyngsboro, a Senior on leave of absence from College, received the prize of $25 given this year in English 5, Dean Briggs's course in English composition. A former member of English 5 offered the prize anonymously for the best story written in the course, and read before the class during the year...