Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Langstaff's study of Samuel Newell, 1807, the first American missionary to the Far East, and Mr. Chu's study of the Chinese Revolution, though dealing with topics one hundred years apart, inevitably bring on a fascinating chain of ideas. The reader will lay down the articles with regret that they are so brief...
...under it all the people seem to be longing with a wild, fierce longing for Hill's "Rhetoric." To act this alien picture is difficult: Miss Adams and Mr. Whittemore were notably successful, and Mr. Hodges occasionally so. Young Kramer as the newsboy spoke his lines as determinedly as though Mr. Edison had invented him. "Kid" was well worth doing, even if its hero was overly "unshy," and its lines occasionally "literary...
...first few days, and all his work is affected. Some years ago, one day for study was granted before examinations began, but with the great increase in the number of courses and students, this custom was abandoned to save time. It is proposed to restore this day for preparation, though many professors argue that the student should be well enough prepared to pass creditably without special review. However, in the rush of college life as it is, such a day for preparation would be a great boon and is much to be desired...
...degree by passing examinations in separate courses, each course will be to a great extent an end in itself; whereas, if he must look forward to a general examination in the future, the course becomes a means to an end, a part of a large whole." This system, though successful in England and Germany, has yet to be tried here; but we have every reason to expect that it will be a great improvement over our present method...
...lecture dealt with the period in Athenian history from Aristophanes to Menander and sketched the literary transition from the fifth to the fourth centuries. As opposed to the Periclean age when man was the pre-eminent personage in Athenian life, woman now begins to occupy the place of prominence. Though the empire was destroyed, Athens still continued to be the capital of the literary life of the age. In her decadence Athens produced more than any other city in its prime. The age was essentially one of prose, reaching the zenith of its development in Plato. Menander produced remarkable comedies...