Word: virgil
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...placed near it-that of the class of '80, in the Memorial Hall at Cambridge. The subjects treated in the two compartments are in strong contrast to the figures of the youthful soldiers in the deep-toned battle picture or the opposite side of the hall. Homer the mighty, Virgil the sweet-voiced, are the figures chosen to adorn this window. The composition is charming. The fault which some people have found with the '60 window, of its admitting too little light, cannot here apply. It is pale in tone compared to the window just named, and lets...
...class window of the class of '80 is being placed in position on the north side of Memorial. The figure of Virgil is already in position and that of Homer will be in place by commencement...
...completion of the '80 class window has been repeatedly delayed by Mr. LaFarge's sickness, but at last it is finished. The Virgil may be in place before class day and both the Virgil and Homer will certainly be up by commencement. The window will be set in the central space of the North side, next '79's window. '80 was by more than a year the first of the younger classes to decide to give a window and therefore secured the first choice of position. The architects of the hall have insisted that the window shall be very light...
...Timothy O. Loveland, D. M. D., Charles Wilson, D. M. D., Albert B. Jewell, D. M. D., Eugene H. Smith, D. M. D., Edward C. Briggs, D. M. D.; re-appointing for the ensuing academic year, George F. Grant, D. M. D., demonstrator in mechanical industry; Virgil C. Pond, D. M. D., demonstrator in operatic dentistry; Joseph W. Warren, M. D., instructor in oral pathology and anatomy; Frank W. Taussig, A. B., instructor in political economy; in appointing Albert B. Hart, A. B., instructor in American history; Harold Whiting, instructor in physics; Edward P. Channing, Ph. D., instructor in history...
...advance the prosperity of the negro race than many a statesman far more famed. The college curriculum is much more advanced than might be supposed, embracing a thorough course in classical Greek, with practice in the use of the modern tongue; the study of Latin through Caesar, Tacitus, Virgil and Livy; mathematics through conic sections, with especial attention to surveying and other practical applications; and a careful and thorough study of Arabic, the language of the interior. History and the modern languages are also studied. The aim of the institution is to furnish a practical, useful education to the young...