Word: tracing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...which are open to the public, will deal with the development of the modern drama, the starting point of which will be Schiller's "Wallenstein," as representing the highest form of the German drama of the classical period. The lectures of the first half-year will trace the German drama through the nineteenth century to the modern period, while the second half-year will be entirely devoted to the drama of today. The two courses will be distinctly different from the course on the German drama given by Professor Kuehnemann two years ago. German 19a meets on Thursday and Saturday...
...Professor Pickering strongly emphasizes the fact that this most valuable collection "is, however, in constant danger of destruction by fire, and is scattered through the rooms of the observatory," making the need of a new structure imperative. The photographic department is especially valuable, as it enables the observatory to trace the history and variations of a star while most other observatories must base their calculations on its present conditions...
...done it with success, and it is needless to mention how many other colleges have had Yale coaching. At what college of note in the East will you find Harvard coaching in vogue? You cannot find it because there is no system to teach. Was there a single patent trace of Reid's labors this past season...
...dash. On the whole, however, this piece of verse strikes me as the best of the three minor pieces; for Mr. J. H. Wheelock, in "Autumn by the Sea," lets deep call unto deep indeed, but with an unperspicuous symbolization: the sea is "autumnal" and yet "changeless"; "no trace of ruthless autumn lingers" there, and yet everything is remembered...
...artificial form he has chosen. It has clearly lyric quality. "The Racing Blood" of Mr. Husband opens most promisingly. The first two stanzas' description of the Greek foot-race and the Roman chariot race are full of speed, vigor and physical exhilaration; but the third stanza which attempted to trace the same racing instinct in the automobile race, and to give a moral twist to the whole is a woful breakdown. It is hardly believable that the man who composed the spirited opening lines...