Word: storming
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...definite knowledge is due to the vague nature of the reform. It was neither a doctrine nor a tangible belief, but rather an impulse of self-emancipation, hampered to some extent by the conservatism of the day. Coming as a reaction from the old Puritan theology, it excited a storm of abuse and persecution as furious as it was undeserved. Theodore Parker, the leader of the party, held views on the interpretation of the Scriptures which would today be considered the reverse of radical; and yet these same views prevented his election to the Phi Beta Kappa, in spite...
...fourth in the series of modern literary dramas which Mr. Blair's company is presenting, will be given at the Tremont Theatre this afternoon at 2.15 o'clock. The play selected is "The Storm," a Russian play by Alexander Ostroisky. It has unusual strength and interest and furnishes Miss Kahn with exceptional opportunities...
...other pictures which arrived too late to be considered. Sixteen of the pictures have received honorable mention by the committee of judges made up of Professor Charles E. Norton, Mr. F. H. Day and Mr. J. P. Loud. Of the pictures that are especially attractive are "After the Storm," by W. B. Swift '01, and "Sunset in Gloucester Harbor," by H. W. Eliot '02. Both of these pictures are reproduced in half-tone in the catalogue, which may be obtained free of charge at the exhibit. On the evening of February 26, Mr. Charles T. Carruth, president of the Cambridge...
...Dame '02, for "A Hospital Ward"; to H. W. Eliot, Jr., '02, for "Sunset in Gloucester Harbor"; to C. F. Stiles sC., for "Sunset," and "Mount Kearsarge"; to Professor de Sumichrast, for "Slow Sinks the Sun"; to W. B. Swift '00, for "Evening," "Weary Berry Pickers," "After the Storm," and "The Dell"; to J. H. White '03, for "Portrait"; to L. W. Wright '02, for "Portrait of a Lady...
...Rome in 1786, when the "Iphigenie" took its final shape. The play marks the consummation of Goethe's fealty to Greek ideals of art which was to last throughout his life-time. It shows him turning from the license of fancy and the affluence of sentiment that characterize his Storm and Stress Period, to a serener and truer view of life, --a view at once idealistic and realistic in that it blends a lofty faith in the moralities with psychological truth of character. "Iphigenie" is not, however, a realistic play in the sense of the extreme modern school...