Word: sawed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...such a city that Paul waited for his friends to come from Berea, and felt "his spirit stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given over to idolatry." Now what were the idols that so moved him? First in size and importance was the collossal statue of Athena which towered sixty feet high in the centre of the Acropolis, visible for miles around, and the first object sighted by Athenian sailors on their return home. Then, inside the Parthe non was Phidias' famous statue of Athena made of ivory inlaid with gold. Close by, in the Erectheum...
...second function is distinctly more complicated than the previous one, yet it is no less a test of a university's activity. Johns Hopkins was the first university to begin this thing and probably saw in it the means of making itself better known. From this beginning others have sprung until our own university publishes no less than eight papers, covering every variety of scientific and literary research...
...From this bit of rowing history it is easy to appreciate the necessity of sound traditions carefully preserved. To the credit of Yale it may be said that she was quick to build up her system once she saw the need it, and Yale rowing stands today on a solid foundation with a clearly-defined policy. Harvard, on the other hand, has a code not so clearly formulated. She has men who understand the science, but unfortunately there are factions that represent different ideas. In rowing, Harvard is sorely in need of leader and of harmony among her graduates...
...Hollis St. Theatre Monday evening, "Blue Jeans" made its first appearance before a Boston audience. It is familiarly known as "the buzz-saw play" since the leading feature of this comedy drama is the mill scene of the third act in which a buzz-saw is introduced and plays an important part. The old familiar adage "Do not monkey with the buzz-saw," taken both in its figurative and literal sense, seems to be the moral inculcated by this play...
...smaller colleges will vote solidly against such a movement. A solution of the question would be for Harvard to hold annual games with Yale in track athletics as she does in boating. Such a course would by no means prevent Harvard from meeting the other colleges if she saw...