Word: scholarly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lecturer will treat of the Greek vase paintings in their relation to the Homeric poems and the later epics. The literary side and the artistic side of the subject will be treated hand in hand, in a way that cannot fail to be of value to the scholar and of interest to the general student. The lectures will be open to the public...
...been making a specialty of this study for several years. The point of view which his lectures, whose titles appear in the college calendar to-day, will take is a novel one, and of such a nature as to appeal to the layman as well as to the scholar. We trust that the college will show its appreciation of the favor conferred on it by the Classical Club by making use of these opportunities to hear some very valuable and attractive lectures...
...last half century or more, such men as Felton, Palfrey, Kirkland, Clarke, Hedge and Norton, besides many less well known. It is rich in characterization and anecdote and reminiscence, and will be treasured by all Harvard men, students or graduates. The frontispiece is a portrait of the gentle scholar, Dr. Peabody. The book will be brought out by Ticknor and Co. this month.- Boston Gazette...
...moved to anger and sometimes to mirth by the condition of the public mind towards institutions of education. Many seem to regard Harvard as a patent machine, warranted by the corporation and faculty to take any material in its grip, and, after four years, turn out a first-class scholar and gentleman. No matter how ill prepared, how feeble the mind, how powerless the will, how vicious the habits, how indolent the nature, how undisciplined the character, Harvard is to turn them, one and all, into scholars and useful citizens. Much is done. The great majority, of whom little...
...guidance and instruction to twenty-one students. It has had the sympathetic support of twenty colleges. It has won confidence at home and recognition abroad. It has a suitable house, with accommodations both for the director and for students. It has at its command the services of a distinguished scholar. Under these circumstances its friends make their appeal for its permanent endowment with hope and confidence...