Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...athletic association has been formed in New York, a description of whose building and general purpose may interest our readers. Among the officers of the club, besides many who have been at one time or another connected with Harvard, are several names that are familiar to the present undergraduates, among them Wendell Baker and James A. Tyng. John S. White, the head master of the Berkeley School, is the president of the association, and its other offices are filled by men well-known in New York City...
...order to compel a uniform growth of his physical powers, he should row, wrestle, run, swing on the bars, and, by all means, use dumb bells and Indian clubs. It was Dr. Franklin's opinion that walking is the best form of exercise, but the doctor was not familiar with the light shells and the sliding-seat of the modern art of rowing. Moreover he was merely recommending to his son, the governor of New Jersey, a course of life that would make his heart and stomach perform their functions healthily. Whatever may be the one best form of exercise...
...should be interested in the exhibition of Mr. Donaghue's statues, now in progress at Horticultural Hall. While the figure modeled from Sullivan cannot fail to attract attention as a wonderfully realistic presentation of the modern athlete, as contrasted with the Greek types with which we are so familiar, the other statues show inspiration, of a higher sort. It is indeed encouraging to see classic subjects treated by an American sculptor with such freshness of conception and such spirit and success in execution. A more charming figure than that of "The Young Sophocles Leading the Chorus after the Battle...
College began to look rather empty yesterday. To-day one misses very many familiar faces. To-morrow will be lonesome...
...Bird and the Rose" and "Tailor Courage," two very bright songs, were then sung by the Glee Club-they were given with great finish and spirit and were warmly applauded. Next came the Pierian who played the familiar "Lachner March" which we heard from them last year. Resolution and strength were its dominant qualities...