Word: classical
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...folk-lore. In looking at the original source of the fables we find that they came first from India. Then they were taken up by the Greeks, including Esop, and by them handed down to the Romans. Of the 30 fables of the Talmud, 18 can be traced to Classic and Indian origin and 5 to the purely Indian. The remainder are of later growth and of purely Talmudic origin...
...decline of the nation, will be substituted for the course in Roman History offered in 1900. A new course of twenty-eight lectures on the great periods of English History will be given by Dr. Cross, Harvard '95, of the University of Michigan. 'German Literature of the Classic Period," will be given instead of the course in "Middle High German" offered last year. Two courses in Music, a course in Analytic Geometry, and an advanced course on the "Morphology and Ecology of Plants" are offered for the first time. The philosophy of the inomotor with its uses and applications will...
...Freehand Drawing." by Dr. Ross; a "Technical" and a "Historical and Literary Courses in Music," both by Mr. Spalding; "Analytic Courses in Morphology and Ethnology of Plants," by Mr. Oliver. For the course in "Middle High German" which was given last year a course in "German Literature of the Classic Period" has been substituted...
...German play this year. Mr. Conried is he manager of a German stock company a New York, and the play "Iphigenie auf Tauris," given by the Verein last winter, was presented under his direction. His plan is to come this year with his company and give another classic German play under the auspices of the Deutscher Verein. "Minna von Barn helm" has been selected, and this play will be given in Sanders Theatre on January 22nd; the Pierian Sodality will be asked to furnish the music. The members of the Verein will be allowed to purchase as many tickets...
...Harvard Classical Club is on a firmer footing this year than ever before. Twenty-five new members have joined the club raising the total membership, including active and honorary members, to ninety. Owing to this increase it was found necessary to have a regular place of meeting and a room in Phillips Brooks House has been procured. The meetings of the club which are held every three weeks are devoted to the reading of plays from old classic authors and discussions on current classical literature. At frequent intervals papers are read by members of the Faculty and by professors from...