Word: showings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...committee of the Wesleyan faculty appointed to investigate the bomb throwing last Friday night have ascertained the following facts which tend to show that the accidents were caused by a series of mistakes and were not intentional as has previously been thought. A member of the freshmen class telegraphed to his father in New York to procure for him half a dozen bombs for the purpose of celebrating Washington's birthday. A messenger was sent to procure the bombs, and through a mistake was sent to 20 Park Place instead of 9, as had been intended. The intention...
...match will take place next Saturday at the games of the M. I. T. Athletic Association. This is to be a separate event, entirely distinct from the open tug-of-war contests, and it should prove exceedingly interesting, as it will give the freshmen a chance to show their strength. The team will be composed of H. Allen, anchor; M. M. Smith, No. 3; M. I. Motte (captain), No. 2, and H. L. Grant...
...doubt of success. The most important duty for each member at present is to attend every rehearsal. The men need, more than anything else, practice in singing together. It is sure that, however energetic a leader and however much musical talent the club may have, unless the members each show their personal interest in the success of the organization by regular attendance at rehearsals, success will never be gained...
...Freshman Glee Club is in many ways a purely social organization, and its members should feel as warm an interest in its welfare as they would show in any other social club in the college...
...Pyrgos, a superstructure of the soft rock which the Athenians used in the foundations of their buildings; this Pyrgos rises about thirty feet above the bed-rock of the Acropolis. The time of the erection of the temple is somewhat doubtful, although Bohn advances technical proof tending to show that it belongs to the same period as the Propylaea. Pertelic marble was used in the construction of the temple. The style of architecture, which is lonic, was well illustrated by stereopticon views. Little could be said of the sculptures, because Dr. Wheeler did not have views to illustrate his remarks...