Word: groups
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...photograph of the students of Cornell is the largest group ever taken, containing 1,100 faces...
...eastern and western pediments were next described. The remarkable beauty and natural grace of the figures in these pediments, as well as the skill displayed in their arrangement, are beyond praise. The great central group in the eastern pediment is unfortunately lost...
...countries from which they came; college graduates in the school since 1870-81 classified according to their states and countries; and college graduates classified by colleges If the students in the Law School are divided into graduates of Harvard, those of other colleges, and non-graduates, the first group alone seems to be governed by any law in respect to increase or diminution of numbers. The number of non-graduates has ranged from 22 to 52. It seems on the whole to be on the decline, although at its highest mark this year. No less than 124 different colleges have...
...daily more and more apparent. Last year remonstrances and complaints were made to the gymnasium authorities about the matter, and, if we mistake not, a reform was promised. But the condition of things has not been changed in the least, and we have the same old picture of a group of shivering men in the bathroom waiting sometimes as long as a quarter of an hour to get a chance to use the shower-bath. During the winter months the gymnasium is used much more than at the other seasons of the year, and while during the spring and fall...
Views of many other churches and statues were also shown, giving altogether a most clear and satisfactory idea of the city. Pisa is situated on the Arno nearer the sea. The city is noted for a group of buildings surrounding the Duomo, or cathedral, which dates from the eleventh century. In this church is the identical lamp from whose movements Galileo deduced the laws of the pendulum. The baptistry is a very handsome building, but the chief interest centers in the well known "Leaning Tower," from whose summit Galileo made his experiments on falling bodies. The attitude of this tower...