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...Sorbonne, where they pour forth masses of diverse knowledge to a most strange and motley mixture of mankind - of all nationalities - ranging from fifteen to eighty years of age. At the hour appointed for his lecture, the professor, generally attired in full dress, makes his appearance through a special door at the back, seats himself, mixes his sugar and water, rids himself as rapidly as possible of his researches, drinks his sugar and water, and retires as rapidly and mysteriously as he entered, by the same small back door. The near approach of a professor is invariably heralded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT LIFE IN PARIS. | 3/7/1883 | See Source »

...THURSDAY.Thoughts on the Religious Aspect of Philosophy. Special subject: Suggestions about the Theoretical Element in Religion. Dr. Royce. Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD UNIVERSITY CALENDAR. | 3/5/1883 | See Source »

Physiology and Hygiene. Special subject: The Effects of Tobacco. Prof. Sargent. Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD UNIVERSITY CALENDAR. | 3/5/1883 | See Source »

...room for base-ball and foot-ball. If this plan is carried out, the ground available for athletics will be increased, even though a large part of Holmes field is taken up by the Physical Laboratory. We presume that the athletic committee with this plan in view offered no special objection to the erection of the building on Holmes, else they could not have acquiesced in a decision that would confine base-ball and foot-ball to Jarvis field. If the Physical Laboratory is to be built on Holmes field, all who have the true interests of the university...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/5/1883 | See Source »

...first of Mr. Royee's lectures on the Religious Aspects of Philosophy was enjoyed by a large audience on Thursday night. The lecture, though intended chiefly for those who had made to some extent a special study of philosophy, nevertheless, proved most interesting to those who had not the advantage of a large acquaintance with the subject. The lecturer possessed the happy faculty of putting his thoughts in a popular form while he treated the subject in a profound manner. Such lectures as this cannot fail to increase the interest taken in the study of philosophy by the students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/3/1883 | See Source »