Word: various
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Various plans for the formation of such a club were brought up and thoroughly talked over. Speeches were made by President Eliot, Mr. Charles Francis Adams, Mr. William R. Thayer, Bishop Lawrence, Professor I. N. Hollis, Professor A. B. Hart and Mr. Thatcher...
...robust health, in "insultingly robust health," as one critic has said, Argan has always some imaginary ill, for which he consults quack physicians. The chief of these, M. Purgon, holds his cowardly patient in perfect subjection, threatening him with the most horrible maladies if he neglects to take the various doses prescribed...
Professor de Sumichrast will give a talk this afternoon in the Fogg Art Museum at half past four on "Le Malade Imaginaire," the play to be acted by the Cercle Francaise next week. He will explain the plot of the play, the various characters and the amusing situations and will read selections from an English translation. A talk of this kind is given every year before the annual play, as an aid to those who intend to see the performance. The invitation, however is not limited to this class of persons, but is extended to every...
...small number, to ninety. A challenge has practically been received from M. I. T. for a competitive drill, but owing to the few men on hand, the Rifles can only send men to compete for individual prizes. If there were enough men, regular competitive drills could be arranged with various colleges in the vicinity, such as M. I. T., Brown, etc. During the winter the regular drill work will be continued. At present the company is drilling at the Cambridge Armory, on the top floor of the City Building, in Brattle Square, opposite the University Press, on Tuesdays and Thursdays...
...went to Europe, and on his return in 1881 formally withdrew from specific connection with any church, and devoted himself to literature in Boston. He had been a leader in the movement that has for its object the promotion of rationalist ideas in theology, and had contributed largely to various journals and reviews. In 1867 he became the first president of the Free Religious Society. He was for a time art critic for the New York Tribune...