Word: exactions
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...belongs. In all the orders the column is straight for one third of its height, and the rest of the way follows some definite curve. The smallest diameter must always be five-sixths of the greatest, and there are various other points which the orders have in common. The exact distinctions between the orders are necessarily technical, but in general the orders may be distinguished by the difference in the caps of the columns. The Doric is the simplest, then comes the Ionic increasing in strength and richness, and finally, most massive and rich of all, the Corinthian...
...painting is extracted, and a reproduction of the original in red is obtained on the plate, a similar plate is taken in yellow, and a third in blue. These three plates are now placed one above the other, and printed, and the result is an exact reproduction of the original, so perfect that no painter who ever lived could have copied it as accurately. Certain subtle, delicate qualities in a landscape, never suspected before are brought before the eye. The whole publishing world is looking to this new process, and before many years we may expect...
...exhibition of lantern slides announced by the Harvard Camera Club, has been postponed till early next week. Notice as to the exact date will be given later...
Francis Parkman as a constitutional conservative represents almost the exact opposite of Phillips the reformer. The later years of Parkman showed that feeling of dissatisfaction and disappointment belonging to the conservative, while the youth of a reformer is a source of sunshine...
...under all conditions which is one of the striking features of Yale elevens. The fierce, sudden onslaughts upon the line made particularly by Butterworth, although also by Thorne with fine effect, were irresistible, and to this persistent bucking of the line is due Yale's victory. It was an exact repetition of the Pennsylvania game in this respect, where Butterworth with his inimitable skill followed the same tactics and saved Yale from defeat. The evenness of Yale's play in both offensive and defensive work was one of the most striking features of the game. So equally balanced were they...