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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Philosophy 1a. Logic, under Professor Palmer, will last only until the Christmas Recess, and from then to the Mid-years, there will be lectures by several members of the department. The second half year remains the same. Course 1b is also rearranged so that Dr. Santayana will lecture on ancient philosophy for the first half-year and Professor Royce on modern philosophy for the second. Philosophy 3 will be given by Professor Royce and Professor Palmer, and Professor James will give 9, hitherto conducted by Professor Royce...
Professor Gardner's second lecture last evening was upon the subject of Greek sculptors portaits. The ancient Greek sculptures portrayed their models not as they actually looked, but as they ought to look. All were made subservient to the general ideal of Hellenic beauty. Individuality in early busts arose not from differences in the subjects, but from peculiarities of different schools of art. Women, because of their seclusion from public life, were not often portrayed, until the time of the famous Alexandrian queens. The women, even more than the men, were conformed to the ideal of beauty...
...Greek art developed, however, actual portraiture gradually supplanted idealization; indeed in the third century before Christ sculptors did many imaginary busts of ancient heroes and poets, merely for the pleasure of expressing individual character; and permanent character was expressed rather than passing emotion...
...Division of Natural History. Professor Farlow is Chairman of the Division of Biology which includes the Departments of Botany and Zoology, and Professor Shaler of the Geological Division which includes the Departments of Geology and Mineralogy. Professor Goodwin succeeds Professor Smith as Chairman of the Division of Ancient Languages; Professor Wendell succeeds Professor Hill as Chairman of the Department of English, and Asst. Professor von Jagemann succeeds Professor Sheldon as Chairman of the Department of Germanic and Romance Philology...
Since 1875 Professor Norton has been constantly connected with the University, and for many years his courses on ancient and mediaeval art have been among the most popular and widely attended in the University...