Word: set
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...base. On top of this will be placed the bronze statue of the lion, which is about six feet high and ten feet in length, resting on a solid four-inch base of its own. When the new Germanic Museum is erected the status will be re-set with a permanent granite base on the lawn before the main entrance. A model of the new buildings with the same statue in place is in the present Germanic Museum...
...bronze is gift of the Duchy of Brunswick to the museum here, and is an exact replica of the statue which has stood before the castle of the Duke of Brunswick since 1166. The original was set up by Duke Henry the Lion, of Saxony, founder of the house of Guelph, the present reigning house of England. The lion was intended as a symbol of his territorial sovereignty which he had obtained from Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. At the time his dominion, embraced practically all of lower Germany...
...which is called "Turandot," had a great vogue in Germany. But when brought to this country and tried out on the American public it failed. It was then suggested that Mr. MacKaye was the right person to re-write the play. He refused to revise the old version but set to work to supplement the legend with a romantic plot of his own. This is the version now being presented under the title of "A Thousand Years Ago," which name was adopted after "Turandot" and "The Princess of Pekin" were considered and discarded. The scenery is of the original Reinhardt...
...wish through your columns to call the attention of the students to the unusual opportunity for musical cultivation and enjoyment which is open to them in the set of chamber concerts to be given by Mr. Whiting and assisting artists in the New Lecture Hall on Friday evenings, December 5, January 9, and March 20, at the first of these concerts next Friday evening the illustrations given by the famous Flonzaley Quartet of New York will consist of Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet, Dvorak's Quartet in C major and a Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord by Mozart...
...notable addresses were given Wednesday evening; the first by Dr. J. T. Stone, Moderator of the National Presbyterian Church, on "power in a Man's Life"; and the second by Professor Thomas C. Hall, on "The Moral Aspects of Socialism." Wednesday evening was the date set for the annual Freshman football banquet; the twenty numeral men, the coach, manager and trainer were present. The latter three were presented with silver loving cups in recognition of their services...