Word: pope
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Lord Houghton, at the Scott Centenary, said of the world's great litterateurs, that they have seldom left descendants. England has no Shakespeare, no Milton, no Bacon, no Newton, no Pope, no Byron; Italy has no Dante, no Petrarch, no Alfieri, no Ariosto; Germany has no Goethe, no Schiller, no Heine; and France has no Montaigne, no Voltaire, and no Descartes...
...Rogers, L. S., has been elected an honory member of the Hasty Pudding Club, and Messrs. H. Pope and C. G. H. Stevens have been elected regular members...
...received with the favor they deserve. Why not have themes for poems as well as for essays? The writers need not soar into the skies and try to pluck out the very stars on their first attempt, when their wings are weak. They would not be expected to rival Pope or Coleridge, Bryant or Tennyson; but, by all means, give the student a chance to express himself in verse. Give him a free chance by putting all of his class in the same crucible with him, and then turn on the heat. All will be under the same test, each...
...Thomas Dwight, Parkman professor of anatomy has been made a member of the Philosophea-Medicae Society of Rome, the diploma being issued by President J. M. Cornoldi, S. J. This society was founded by Dr. Travaglini, with the sanction of the late Pope Pius IV., and is intended for the advancement of the sciences and philosophy. It ranks among its members, some of the leading scientific men and philosophers of Europe...
...Hamilton, Yale, '86, 2m. 45 2 5s.; one mile handicap, H. H. Stockton, on an allowed foul, 3m. 6 3 5s.; A. B. Rich came in first; two miles without hands, F. F. Ives, 6m. 39s.; one mile, 3.10 class, E. A. Hoffman, 3m. 7 1 5s.; 20 mile, Pope cup, D. E. Hunter, 1h. 14m. 5s. In this last race, by an unfortunate accident, H. S. Kavanaugh took a header and Hamilton and Hunter fell on top of him. Kavanaugh was considerably bruised and Hamilton quite severely injured. Hunter quickly mounted his bicycle and finally won the race...