Word: standpoint
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...epitome of the theme of the play as attempt to picture the relations of the motives and characters of the drama proper. There are four ideas, fantasy, love, grotesqueness, and aspiration; each of these will be treated with respect to its relative importance. The prologue is, however, from the standpoint of the musical analyst, in strict sonata form and can be fairly called an overture...
...every Harvard man will want to read; to a few Harvard men it may occasion some twinges in the process. It is Mr. Lunt's survey of the "Past Year at the Union." Mr. Lunt '09 was president of the Union for 1908-09 and it is from this standpoint that he discusses with much seriousness and force the question--"Does the Union fulfill the purpose, for which it was built?" The answer is strictly in the affirmative. The tone of the article is optimistic, although Mr. Lunt concedes that the Union has not yet reached its highest possibilities...
Before entering upon the main part of his address, Professor Meyer sketched the growth of scholarship in America, especially at Harvard, from the German standpoint. From a comparatively minor position in scholastic rank one hundred years ago, Harvard has risen to the first place among American institutions and to one of the highest positions among the world's greatest universities...
...yard dash promises to be a critical event from a Harvard standpoint. Princeton expects Dawbarn to win from Foster, although the latter beat him in the Pennsylvania relay games early in the season. Since then Foster has constantly improved and will be at his best today and tomorrow. Sherman of Dartmouth, who took second a year ago, is not expected to compete as he strained a tendon last week. In his absence third and fourth places should lie between Minds of Pennsylvania, Hawley of Dartmouth, and Cary of Yale. Gamble of Princeton has not been in the best of condition...
This evening we are to celebrate in Sanders Theatre the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes; a centenary which from a Harvard standpoint stands out in special prominence. Holmes was graduated from Harvard College with the famous class of 1829, immortalized in many of his lighter poems. His name has always been closely associated with that distinguished New England group of men of letters which attained so enviable a position in the second half of the last century. As poet, essayist and physician, Holmes was equally successful. He lectured for many years in the Harvard Medical...