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...Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock, M. Pianelli, the University fencing master, will instruct an extra class in the fencing room at the Gymnasium. The class which will contain not more than 15 men, will be open to all members of the University and will offer an excellent opportunity for special instruction. The work, however, will not count as part of the regular competition for the teams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Evening Fencing Class. | 1/4/1904 | See Source »

...satisfied with the wrong word, the wrong color, is the sign of an inferior author. A brilliant writer is the last one who can afford to be false or fatuous." He read several extracts from different works of Stevenson, including the dueling scene between the brothers in "The Master of Ballantrae," and characterized Stevenson as the writer of "the burning-glass style." He admitted that several of Stevenson's best scenes were from borrowed ideas, but said: "Originality does not lie with the man who does the thing first, but with the man who does it best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Van Dyke's Lecture. | 11/20/1903 | See Source »

Candidates for the University fencing team, for the class and Law School teams, and all other fencers desiring appointments under the fencing master, will meet tonight at 7 o'clock in Lower Massachusetts...

Author: By H. W. Holmes., | Title: Fencing Candidates. | 10/14/1903 | See Source »

...candidates for the University Fencing team, for the Class and Law School teams, and all other fencers desiring appointments under the fencing master, will meet at 7 o'clock in Lower master, will meet tomorrow at 7 o'clock in Lower Massachusetts...

Author: By H. W. Holmes., | Title: Fencing Candidates. | 10/13/1903 | See Source »

...gift from Mr. C. F. Murray of London, a very beautiful water-color drawing by J. M. W. Turner. This drawing is from the collection of the late John Ruskin, and is referred to in the printed catalogue of that collection as among the most wonderful drawings by the master's hand. It is now on view in the upper gallery of the Museum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Turner in Fogg Museum. | 10/10/1903 | See Source »

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