Word: mannerisms
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...time of Mark Antony it had two hundred thousand volumes. Many scholars came to Pergamon who worked in the library and contributed to the philological learning of the times. The natural sciences were also subjects of study. The princes of Pergamon adorned their capital in a sumptuous manner. This was especially the case with Eumenes whose reign ended in 157 B. C. The principal sculptural works date from his time. Pergamon continued to be the principal city of Asia Minor during the period of the Roman Empire...
...Advocate's ringing eloquence and inspiring rhetoric is usually invoked in the cause of more board walks in the yard, or in protest at the manner of scattering the fertilizer over the grass, or in piteous appeals to be protected by the authorities from the muckers who assemble in the rectangle and throw out doubtful compliments to the editors as they walk along. Occasionally, also, the Advocate informs the eleven or the nine that if they can play well enough they will win, provided they don't get over confident; and tells the captain of the lacrosse team that...
...most successful ever carried on in Greece. Two temples have been discovered, and one circular structure, of unknown purpose, but great architectural merit. The debris has been cleared away from the theatre, and the stage structure thus revealed has led to a revolution in our ideas as to the manner of the production of a Greek play. Many sculptures have been found of over average merit, though none of the highest. But most important has been the harvest of interesting inscriptions. One inscription gives the account of the building of the temple, another is a hymn to Asklepios, and still...
...difficulty of colleges and professional schools was in teaching young men how to practice. So in college or university, the way to advance the profession of teaching is to teach the subjects which are to be taught in the colleges and high schools and academies in the best manner we can. In Germany the teacher shows how the subject should be taught. In regard to the preparation of the teacher, he thought Harvard had done her fair share of the work during the last thirty years. The methods of teaching the principal subjects have fundamentally changed at Harvard within twenty...
...some time in which to be restored to its normal condition. The question proposed in this article is "How may this evil be counteracted?" Professor Shaler then refers to the summer schools of science which seem to him to offer a solution, and he gives some account of the manner in which they are conducted in the University. These summer classes are growing in numbers yearly, and if they prove all that Professor Shaler thinks, such schools will soon be established at other educational institutions...