Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...into subjection the main ideas and features of its Roman predecessor. On the borders of Lake Como we find the best examples of these houses. Here the blue waters of the lake contrast strongly with the pure white country houses with which the lake is bordered. Art and nature seem to have combined to make a paradise. During the Renaissance the art of building was continually changing, largely owing to the work of the Italian architect, Palladio. His buildings with their stately proportions and immense pillars were most impressive. They gave expression to the Italian and classical views. While stately...
...speak-even the romantic drama. Even these devices, however, do not remove the bar that separates Shakespeare and the average man of today. The fact that his plays are written in verse, that declamation is often suffered to interrupt action, and that Shakespeare not infrequently uses what seems to many persons a single and arbitrary psychology-vide for example the marriage of Celia and Oliver and that of Isabella and the Duke-makes Shakespeare-land seem a foreign country to the ordinary play goer and to not a few readers, who are by no means ordinary. But the realistic...
...have been faithfully rehearsing for the last six weeks, and during the last two weeks daily rehearsals have been held. At the final dress rehearsal last evening everything went off smoothly and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. The men take hold of their parts with life, and seem to show an appreciation of the requirements of their roles. The cast for this evening's performance is as follows...
...would like to know? The crew has now been on the water for more than a week, and as yet no regular coach has been appointed and meanwhile the men cannot help doing many things wrong simply because they have no one to coach them properly. It does not seem fair to the crew that they should have no experienced man to help them improve particularly when, unlike the upper class crews, the freshman crew competes with representatives of other colleges, and should be considered as second only to the 'varsity. Last year the freshman crew had their regular coach...
...able to get facts precisely as they are, and to put them into readable shape with some skill. These are the essential qualities that a candidate should possess. To men of the right sort who are really interested in becoming editors of the CRIMSON, the work required will not seem very difficult nor confining...