Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view of the fact that articles are multiplied in discussing the works of a favorite author, in presenting different theories of reputation, and on other topics, it may be not out of place to touch again upon the subject of religion. The articles which have preceded and occasioned the present one have presented - one in the guise of irony - the two most opposite opinions held of the state of religion, or, rather, of what one sees of religion at Harvard; and, as usually happens in such cases, the truth seems to lie between them...
...instructor had told us to procure tickets at the bookstore for a series of lectures three times a week for the rest of the year on the "Manly Art of Self-Defence," by Professor W. Hamilton, of England. It was a rare chance to procure scientific knowledge of the subject; and Lister at $20 a dozen lessons was nowhere. The lecture-room had a raised platform at one end, on which the Professor stood, and the walls were adorned with prints of ancient and modern athletes. There were Herr Milo, of Croton, the renowned deadweight lifter; M. Dares...
...first few lectures were on the dignity and importance of the art, and explanatory of the scientific terms. The Professor was very philosophical in his treatment of the subject. He divided it up into motions of attack and defence, and then into motions of attack and defence for each part of the body; and each motion he analyzed into positions at its beginning, middle, and end. He claimed that these divisions were his own, and the only philosophical ones, - and there was a tendency among the audience to consider him conceited, for there was much ego in his speech...
...this transmittendum has seen service. For variety, a snake-skin from a corner room in Hollis will answer the purpose; though why this should be a pleasing object of contemplation is a mystery. Add now a pair of clasped hands with names neatly carved on them; this is the subject of an annual presentation to the happy occupant of a corner room in the ground-floor of Hollis. The last item is a skull, with a few names artistically painted on the exterior; there is also pasted thereon "Byron's Apostrophe to a Skull." A human skull in this heterogeneous...
...connection with this subject the following incident may not be out of place. The College Carpenter, closely scrutinizing the recitation-room in order to find something which would increase the "General Average" fund, happened upon a very neat piece of workmanship. The room was the recitation-room of a Professor in Metaphysics. A sort of little drawer had been fitted in the back of a seat in such a manner that the work could hardly be detected; applying a chisel, it was opened, a penny and piece of paper were found; the latter bore the following: "Transmittendum. Whereas our instructor...