Word: seem
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which I am sure will be of interest to a very large number of students. As many college men know, though only imperfectly, the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophoces was presented in Sanders Theatre in the spring of 1881. More than this very few men know or care, for all seem to be under the impression that it is interesting only to students of the Classics. But any who have read Mr. Henry Norman's little book on that play given in 1881, are well aware that the presentation was not only a demonstration of the work on Greek at Harvard...
...reason for this closer union of the Annex and the University have been clearly stated by Mrs. Agassiz in a letter to the last Nation, and as it is probable that these reasons are not fully understood by undergraduates in general it would not seem unadvisable to state them briefly. They are first, "that the existence of the Annex and its present course of study may be permanently insured to its students;" second, "that the students of the Annex may have freer use of the library and other educational facilities belonging to the University than they now enjoy"; and third...
...wish to pursue the study of some special subject. It prophesies a still further increase in the number of courses and students for another year, and will in time result in the school demanding as much attention and thought as the regular college term. Chemistry, Geology and Physics seem to have been among the most popular courses. There were several advanced courses here as well as elementary courses. Beside the courses in English, History and modern languages which would naturally be offered, there were several courses hardly to be called "popular" in the strict sense of the word but which...
...taken us many centuries to understand these truths and even today we seem not to realize that all men are brethren. The Jews of old knew that God alone is master, no man else, and in a way recognized that all are brothers. For many democratic principles were their possession, notably the right of universal suffrages and popular education. Then came Christ and taught his disciples that all men rich and poor, are before everything else brothers...
Professor Horsford died very suddenly of heart disease at his home in Cambridge Sunday afternoon. He was apparently in the best of health on Saturday, and to the many who knew him the announcement of his death will seem almost increditable...