Word: states
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...never been entirely rebuilt. The Byzantine emperors, during the sixth period. carried off many of the works of art to Constantinople. In 1456 the Turks took Athens and built mosques upon the Acropolis, but recent explorers have destroyed these Turkish shrines and have restored the ruins to their early state...
...speaker said in brief: Germany of today offers a wonderful sight. Situated in the midst of powerful states, she has risen above all her neighbors in every respect-in power, in arts, in literature. Twenty-five years ago she was almost the toy of her neighbors. Now,' however, owing to her powerful army and navy and to a liberal policy, she can be fairly called the leading state in Europe. Another important factor in this resuscitation was the growth of national feeling. The Germans of all ranks and conditions-prince and burgher, wealthy and poor-all began to be filled...
Among the societies which have risen this year from a state of torpor to activity, one of the most progressive is the Chess and Whist Club. After a close and interesting tournament, in which all members of the University were invited to contest, the club has started a whist tournament which promises to be equally successful. The proposed chess match with an outside club will also be watched with interest by the college. We congratulate the club upon its enterprise and success, which show that other scientific games, besides the various branches of athletic sports, have a firm foot-hold...
...Homer is not a study of literature: it is a study of life in all its phases. Homer saw an idealized world, and yet the reality of the picture he has drawn forces us to the conclusion that he has depicted the life of his own age. Society and state is clearly described by him, but religion is not so clearly defined. In the religion of Homer, all men want gods; the gods are near the men and are easily placable; and men communed with the gods directly in their prayers and sacrifices. There is a change in the conception...
...country and through them the whole college world may be reached. Just complaint has been made by the defenders of Harvard methods that the attacks upon her system are based in many instances, and especially in the college press, upon a misrepresentation or misunderstanding of the real state of things. It is to correct these mistakes that the present movement has been started. A meeting of all the men interested in this work has been called for Saturday. It is hoped that all will attend in order that a good impetus may be given. It is proposed to appoint...