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...highly successful playwright. He is the author of "The Banker's Daughter," "Young Mrs. Winthrop," and "One of Our Girls," all of which Harvard students have seen acted with pronounced success. Plays of Mr. Howard are at present on the boards at London, Paris, and New York. We understand that Mr. Howard will give some insight into his method of writing a play. We will announce the next lecture, which it is said will be delivered by Mr. Franklin H. Sargent, Director of the New York School of Acting. We congratulate the Shakspere Club on the success of their exertions...
...refined tastes. Anything that he will be led to say cannot fail to interest those who listen to him. College students are slowly arriving at an appreciation of the fine arts and the benefit to be derived from a study of them, and can understand the weight which men of culture give the subject. We trust that Mr. Herkomer will be greeted with a large and enthusiastic audience, and we venture to prophesy that those who attend his lecture will be amply repaid for their expenditure of time...
...rest of the nervous system? 7. Discuss the two propositions: (a) "Had the ancients been serious in their belief, we should not have had their Gods exhibited in the manner we find them represented in the poets;" (b) "To deal with Greek religion honestly you must at once understand that this literal was in the mind of the general people as deeply rooted as ours in the legends of our own sacred book." 8. Why do the fine arts afford the best measure of civilization? 9. How far is technical skill a test of the excellence of a work...
Last evening, within five minutes, Sever 11 was lighted, the doors were opened, and the seats were filled! Grand as the sight of such rapid movements of an audience might be, we find it hard to understand why those who are managing the lectures care to sacrifice the comfort of the audiences and the value of the lectures to a selfish desire to see a solid column of humanity crowd itself in a room not at all capable of receiving it. Sever 11, with the poor lights, limited space, and hard seats, is no place for such lectures as Judge...
...several sciences. It is the art of persuasion and of advising. As a science, it is not an accident. It is the deadwood in the tree of life, without which the tree could not stand. The study of history is necessary for that of law, because one cannot understand the present without a knowledge of the past...