Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...theatre so far as a knowledge of these subjects is necessary to an appreciative understanding of a Greek play; the known facts in the life of the author; his plays in chronological order, as far as possible, with attention to the historical background and to the social and intellectual movements of the times; the poet's relations with contemporary and rival poets, his characteristic merits and defects as a poet, and his attitude towards the problems of life. The design of the course is to give students access to the dramatic literature of the Greeks, and an opportunity to become...
...course on "Rapid Reading of Homer's Iliad": Assistant Professor Morgan will give one on "The Early Career of Cicero"; Dr. Manning, on "Studies in the Life and Times of Ovid"; Professor Smith, an "Introduction to Latin Epigraphy"; Professor Greenough, an "Exposition of Roman Philosophy"; Assistant Professor Parker, on "Social Movements in the First Century...
...success of Yale's experiment in the "Wigwam" is happily suggestive, however. Though it is inadvisable to continue the 1900 class club on a formal basis, it might with a somewhat different and more social organization still be carried on in the interests of Harvard debating. As is the method at Yale, the club might be divided into several "camps" which could compete informally, debating contemporary college subjects, which, in not requiring a great degree of preparation, would not discourage the busier debaters, and would be most effective in popularizing debate. The Sophomore and Freshman clubs would still retain their...
Last winter the CRIMSON published an article on the Yale Wigwam, a new debating society with a limited membership which was to be divided into two sections. These sections were to hold meetings of a more or less social nature by themselves and were to meet occasionally in intersection debates. The following quotations are from an article in the Yale News reviewing the work of the first season...
...past season of the wigwam has shown conclusively that debating can be made a success when linked with social intercourse and when the subjects are confined more to college topics than are those of the other debating societies...