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There can be no doubt that we live in what the late Samuel Clemens has named "The Gilded Age." The pilgrim to Boston beholds from afar the shining dome of the State House. The lobbies of our caravanseries out-shine Solomon in all his splendor. But at times there comes a feeling that perhaps the thing is a trifle overdone. The undergraduate departed last summer, thanking Providence and the benefactors of the University that at last the Charles was spanned by a suitable structure. He returns to find it giving the appearance of a martial host about to sweep down...
...classical conference held yesterday afternoon in Harvard 1, Professor D. G. Lyon h.'01 gave an interesting explanation of the explorations made last summer by the Harvard Expedition to Samaria, of which he was in charge. This city, the capital of northern Israel, was rebuilt with great splendor by Herod the Great, and it is the remains of his buildings that have been discovered. The mound which covers the ancient city is about five miles in circumference and covered with olive groves and wheat fields...
...MacKaye '97, on "The Drama of Democracy." The lecture itself, as all who heard it will agree, was a brilliant performance, an interesting and inspiring thesis maintained with vigor and enthusiasm, in a spirit of fine idealism. The impression of a highly imaginative style rising at times almost to splendor, which Mr. MacKaye's delivery conveyed, is now deepened when one has the chance to read these paragraphs with care. The excerpts deserve the attention not only of all who are interested in the future of the American drama, but also of those of the Advocate's readers who study...
...long period of gradual development, fell into the hands of some great poet. Although criticism may reveal a hundred joints in the construction of the Iliad, it rarely can disclose faults in the style; for there is nothing more striking about the poem than the uniformity of splendor in which it was written. In some manner a great Homeric style was built up which could be reproduced by the ordinary minstrel without effort, provided he had been trained along that line. In the works of these ancient minstrels we are brought face to face with something more august than mere...
...bears the signature of Josiah Quincy as President, and, as usual, contains a brief characterization which may be freely translated as follows: "Scholar and true gentleman; skilful portrayer of lands and customs, delighting his readers with the delicacy of his wit or stirring them with the splendor of his diction; who by his many and admirably finished works has won fame for himself and for his country." The diploma is framed, and hangs for the present in the Reading Room of Gore Hall...