Word: tempora
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vagueness and mystery in it, instead of giving color to it, are carried to far and make it utterly meaningless. The poetry in this number is good. "Flowers." the translation from Paul Bourget, is well rendered, and gains in effectiveness by being put into blank verse. In ' O Tempora," a pretty idea, well expressed, is hurt by faulty metre. A second strong poem, of deeper thought, is burdened with the pedantic and heavy title "Address." The fourth poem is a clever bit, announced as coming all the way from Laselle...
...misunderstand the term freshman. Among the ancient Hindoos, by whom the word was first used, the sterner sex alone was capable of imbibing Greek, Latin and elocution; but tempora mutantur, and with the advent of the nineteenth century it was necessary for women too to be acquainted with empiricism and algebra, and therefore the old Sanskrit word has lost something of its significance...
WILLIAMSTOWN, Feb. 8, 1882. "O tempora!" "O mores!" "How are the mighty fallen!" During the past week we have been informed that Williams is a reform school, and that to be connected with such an institution is beneath the dignity of our ex-president, the Hon. Paul A. Chadbourne. We had supposed that hostilities between the college and Mr. Chadbourne would cease on his withdrawal from office, but it seems, with characteristic spleen, he has chosen to revive the feud by writing to the press a letter slandering Williams in a most ungenerous manner. Great indignation is felt here among...