Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Elementary.- Greek, Latin, German, French. (See remark under Group...
...from the first centre of learning in America. Not a single manly quality is called forth. No premium is set on courage, strength, or endurance. On the contrary, the most noticeable feature of the whole affair is often some underhand slugging, "pasting" a man, as it is called. The remark is not unfrequently made by men that they are going "to lay for so and so! " What must the spectators think of Harvard students when they see one man "slug" another around the Tree on Class Day? The first thing they do is to hiss, as those...
...began with the remark that the question as to the form and inner arrangements of the Greek Theatre is one most ardently discussed at the present time among archaeologists and classical scholars. It interests not only the professional scholar, but also the lover of literature,- since it is impossible to appreciate or even to understand the Greek dramas without knowing how they were brought out; and their representation was dependent on the inner arrangements of the theatre. Until recently it has been universally believed that, in the action of the Greek play, actors and chorus occupied separate parts...
Lest some may be deterred from attending these lectures of Dr. Dorpfeld on account of slight knowledge of German, it may be well to repeat the common remark of those who have heard him, that "his German is easier to understand than many Englishmen's English...
...remark that the manner in which our representatives presented their material was inferior to that of Yale. Here is your cause: "The reason for this is doubtless that they had given little attention to detail in the matter of delivery when they were preparing. A skillful instructor in elocution was ready and anxious to help them, but either because they thought themselves sufficiently prepared, or because they did not care to give the time, the debaters neglected to avail themselves of his assistance, and as a result their form was not good...