Word: central
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...remoteness of location or from want of literary merit, have seemed to us void of interest. We beg leave to inform the journals mentioned below, that our increasing collegiate duties prevent our giving that time to the perusal of their columns which they doubtless merit: College Courier, College Journal, Central Collegian, Indiana Student, Asbury Review, Lehigh Journal, Qui Vive, University Reporter, University Missourian, Geyser, University Press, Alumni Journal, Annalist, Southern Collegian...
...central regions of the world...
...hand and try to touch the hem of Christ's garment. On the right we have a mother with her nursling, and wearing a look of incredulity; but she is pulled towards the healer of all ills by her little son. But on the left of the central figure is the most affecting group in the composition. A palsied old man kneels, supported by his weary wife, who looks toward Christ most piteously. To make the impression of woe more complete by contrast, there is sketched next them a chubby, smiling child, ignorant of what is going on around...
...most remarkable points in this picture is its unity of composition. There is not a figure in the whole which you cannot bring into relation with the central one. Each betrays his character in the manner of presenting himself to Christ's attention. But when you examine this figure which commands the whole assemblage, you are disappointed. M. Blanc declares that the Christ has the serenity of a God. He says: "Be not surprised if the Son of God is more beautiful than those who surround him; for though issued from the people, he is still of David's race...
...SYSTEMATIC Soph declared to his friends that he had fixed the date for his three annual bats. The next night a friend saw him describing a cycloid with the central point of the brick in his hat, and said: "Why, Smith, I thought your first date was three weeks later?" "Er - hic ! - feller mush get into training, yer know...