Word: wellknown
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chosing subjects for their dramas the writers of tragedy were limited. Tragedy dealt with the gods, and the story represented must be some wellknown myth, one which the whole audience knew in its main outlines. The story of the Medea of Euripides was told at this point to illustrate this. The writers of comedy were not thus limited, but were allowed to give free rein to their originality. This is Illustrated in the "Clouds," where Aristophanes attacks the new spirit of inquiry and culture which was growing up at Athens...
...voted to give to all students interested in the German language and literature is a valuable one and should be appreciated by the college. In addition, the society announces that plans are making for a number of public meetings, at which addresses are to be made in German by wellknown men. Every movement of this character tending to bring into greater prominence as objects of study, literatures foreign to our own, but containing much that is of the loftiest and purest character must be commended. We shall congratulate the Deutscher Verein for having done useful work, if its plans...
...periodicals would be of great value to art students would be that in these periodicals appear etchings, a part of them original work by men of he present day, as Paul Rajon, or Maxime Lalanne, who died but yesterday; a part of them etched after etchings of the wellknown men of the past, as Rembrandt and Meryon; a part of them after wellknown pictures. Also engravings, both original and after-pictures, reproductions of charcoal and of pencil drawings, are constantly published in the art magazines. These illustrations, whether they were original work or after the "old" and "modern" masters, would...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- It is wellknown that the games of the 'Varsity lacrosse team are not so well attended as those of the nine and foot ball team. The reason is equally obvious. Usually the games of the lacrosse twelve are played against local teams of no great reputation or interest to the college at large. Frequently, indeed, games have been played on Jarvis with teams that were positively distasteful to the college. In other words the teams were such as could justly be termed "muckerish." It was, however, not because of the muckerish affiliations of the players that such...
...under the auspices of the Finance Club. The first lecture will be on Feb. 20th, when Prof. E. Benjamin Andrews, of Brown University, will speak on "A Possible Solution of the Silver Question." On Feb. 27th, Horace White, Esq., of New York, will lecture on "The Treasury Surplus." Other wellknown gentlemen will deliver the remaining lectures of the series, to which the public is cordially in vited. The lectures will begin...