Word: rising
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...style is unfortunately loose and somewhat careless. "Freshmen and Philanthropy," while somewhat conventional in certain respects, is decidedly amusing, and it contains something of a moral, which, however, is never allowed to become intrusive. It is decidedly better than the other college story. "Histrionics," which does not rise above the average undergraduate medley of athlete, gullible non-athlete, and fickle girl. "The Deserted House," while the ending is to be anticipated from the beginning, is clever in the dialogue. It is interesting as an attempt to display the feelings of characters through conversation only, all mention of emotion being avoided...
...first, said Professor Baker, the theatres were rude platforms built in the public squares. Then they were moved to the inn-yards. The galleries around these yards gave rise to the upper stage of Elizabethan drama. Later the actors constructed theatres of their own, using the bear-baiting rings as models...
...spiritual realm. If these personal qualities-which distinguish man from animals-are spiritual, and therefore immortal, why should not persons be? To one who considers all the great minds and intellectual geniuses which the world has produced, skepticism is less satisfactory than the opposite view. Dying flowers rise again to fruit; decaying vegetable matter is born again. Following the line laid out by the great truths of Nature it is therefore difficult to keep our intelligence from reacting towards immortality...
...Professor Pierre Janet, of the University of Paris, "The Great Symptoms of Hysteria"; Major Leonard Darwin, "The Foundation for Lectures on Political Economy." Professor Vinogradoff has been Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford since 1903, and was formerly professor of history at the University of Moscow. His publications include: "The Rise of Feudalism in Lombard Italy", "Inquiries in the Social History of England", and "Villainage in England...
MODERN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE. "The Rise of Sentimental Comedy in Europe." Mr. E. Bernbaum. Assembly Room, Harvard Union...