Word: stereopticon
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...lecturer told of the great privations which the party had undergone on their journey from Athens to Eretria; they were obliged to go by sea owing to a terrible snow storm which was raging at the time. Then followed an outline of the history of Eretria. After this, stereopticon views illustrated the accounts of the excavations made. Just outside the town of Eretria the party came upon great blocks of marble. Within these were layers of stone which being dug out revealed bodies. On these were wreaths of gold and rings. Within some of these graves there were also diadems...
There were very many stereopticon views giving the same thing from a different point of view. Professor Richardson left the room dark the entire evening and prefaced each view with a few words of introduction...
...conclusion, Professor Smith exhibited a number of fine stereopticon views of Icelandic scenery, life and customs...
Smith College is to reproduce the "Passion Play." The music is imported as sung at Oberammerga and will be rendered by a chorus. Different scenes taken from the actual play will be given with the stereopticon...
...first half-year the instructors in the Classical Department will give a course of lectures intended to furnish in elementary form a general view of classical Philology. These lectures will generally be given three in each week, and where the subject admits will be illustrated by means of the stereopticon. They are open to all members of the University...