Word: aid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There is another call for the aid of the students by those who are managing the Grand Opera House meetings on Sunday evenings. Men are wanted to help out the singing. It will be recalled that these meetings proved very valuable last year, and that they did good to a class of non-church-going people. They will be just as much of a success this year, but more men must join the choir than have as yet handed in their names...
During the last few years, tumbling as a feature of the winter meetings has almost disappeared. Last year although but one man entered, with the aid of one of the gymnasium instructors, an exhibition was given which attracted the greatest general interest, and made it evident that, with more entries, the tumbling would be one of the most enjoyable features of the meetings. While it is true that the regularly organized teams rightly claim the athletic energy of a majority of the men physically suited to engage in feats of strength and skill, still it is strange that gymnasiums...
...business here following Christianity means aiding the poor, ministering to the sick, in a word bearing glad tidings to the afflicted. The sure way to aid one's self in such tasks is by a close intimacy with Christ and this can best be attained by daily prayer, which enlarges life and gives strength...
...Copley" medal for 1890 has been awarded to Professor Newcomb of Johns Hopkins University, by the Royal Society of Lodon. This medal is yearly given to that man who has given the most valuable aid to scientific research during the year. It was first given to Benjamin Franklin. It is the highest honor ever attained by a scientific man to receive this medal...
...glad to be able to be useful to him. It has always been our method to consider Harvard news of first importance, and our columns are always open within reasonable limits to those professors who desire to use them. Professor Royce says that "it is this kind of aid, given to academic enterprises, that makes instructors feel themselves regarded as your fellow-students, and that in every way furthers cordiality and a true unity of University life." We are extremely pleased to hear this sentiment in this connection. It is what we have been trying to awaken and what...