Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...other poets cling to more familiar methods. Mr. Cutler's heartfelt protest...
...quantity, until now the Summer School does not have to depend upon the fame of Dr. Sargent's courses on physical training for its reputation. The 1916 offering, moreover, shows still further improvement. Professor Baker's courses on the drama are sure to attract many persons who are familiar with his leadership in that field. Another distinct addition is afforded in Professor Greenough's course on teaching English composition, and Professor Muensterberg's popular lectures on psychology will reinforce the readings of Professor Copeland in unifying the school, besides giving information of practical value...
...words for the hymn should be set to some familiar tune, such as "Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand," "Alford," "Benediction," or "Integer Vitae...
William Hodge has come to Boston in his first new play for ten years, "Fixing Sister," at the Majestic. In some respects this play is like those former familiar vehicles of Mr. Hodge, full of quiet humor and Yankee wit, and again the hero is a "man from home," shrewd, drawling, and lovable. This time, however, he is in different surroundings, for he has chosen to place himself, not in a little village, but in the midst of the society life of New York...
...year of intensive military instruction under officers of the regular army, so that at the end of that time men of no previous military experience will at least have learned the rudiments of military organization and discipline, close and open-order drill, use of the military rifle, become familiar with the clothing, equipment, feeding, sanitation and transportation of an army in the field, and the handling and control of men in manoeuvres under conditions approximating those which they should be prepared to meet in active service in time...