Word: acte
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...said: "I have nothing to say until the official letter is received. When that comes Harvard will be consulted at once, and final action will be taken as soon as possible. No university meeting will be necessary, as the officers of the Yale Athletic Association have full power to act independently under advice of the Graduate Advisory Committee. Yale will be glad to meet the English universities in America. It will be hardly probable that Yale and Harvard will agree to a three-mile run. The official letter may have fuller particulars, but by 'weight-putting' only sixteen-pound shot...
...Here in the forest-grown uncultivated lands, English men exiled from home, In the sixteen hundred and thirty-sixth year after Christ's birth, In the sixth year after bringing their colony hither, Thinking that before all else they ought to cultivate wisdom, Founded by act of the people a school, And dedicated to Christ and the church this their foundation, Which being increased by the bounty of John Harvard and by lovers of learning here and abroad continually helped and finally entrusted to the loyal care of its children, From a small beginning brought to a mightier growth...
...Another characteristic stands out from the legend with which I began this sermon and from the history of the college. 'Founded by act of the people,' The college was the creation of the whole community. From the General Court she received her charter and financial aid; through it she was governed. The college never has been nor can be separate and distinct from the people and their dearest interests. Public spirit moves through her as the winds from the surrounding country sweep through her elms. The pulse of the people can be felt and the movements of the nation anticipated...
...Prelude, Act III, "Lohengrin." Wagner...
...Francis G. Peabody has accepted the invitation of the Class Day Committee to act as Class Chaplain...