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...discussion of old comedy necessarily begins with its origin. According to Aristotle, comedy had its origin in the processions in honor of Dionysos. Slow in its growth, comedy attained a perfect form much later than did tragedy. Comedy thrived especially in the Dorian race. Megara in Greece and in Sicily became celebrated as the homes of comedy. Susarion, a Megarian, wandering to Attica with a band of players, established himself at Icaria and thus gave the first impulse to Attic comedy...
...many gentlemen both among the residents of Cambridge and the professors in the University admirably fitted to speak upon the subject of "Harvard in the Past." Surely it would add much to the interest of our college life if we knew more of the historic events connected with the origin and growth of the college. We wish to give our hearty support to the plan and urge its immediate adoption and suggest that the lectures be given during...
...another, one thing formed a bond of union, and that was the imperial grandeur and authority of Rome. The influence of her traditions were strong. The story of Roman deeds was known to all men, and her language formed the basis of the new language which had its origin, during the early party of the twelfth century, in a growing demand for expression. The Roman Church also had a strong hold upon the minds of Italians at this time, and the power which she possessed was the ark of civilization. In the early part of the thirteenth century the long...
...Chessin, a graduate of the University of St. Petersburg, now teaching at Johns Hopkins University, delivered a lecture in Sever 11 yesterday afternoon on the Origin, Growth and Abolition of Personal Servitude in Russia...
...announced yesterday, Dr. A. S. Chessin, of Johns Hopkins University, will speak this afternoon at 4.45 o'clock, in Sever 11, on the Origin, Growth and Abolition of Personal Servitude in Russia. The lecture will be open to the public...