Word: aid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...heavy obstruction of schooners chained together, kept but a small reserve land force. Notwithstanding such odds against a wooden fleet, Farragut attacked at once. The barrier was broken by a small vessel which slipped around the end in shallow water, and burst through from above by the aid of the current. The fleet kept on and the result was the famous battle which ended in the destruction of Fort Jackson and the rebel fleet, with but slight damage to the Union forces. The heroism of Farragut and his men is a household story...
...found in the earnest study of present conditions viewed in the light of Christ's teaching. In the problems which confront the student the members of the Union are bound to no principles but those of the Christian law. They are exhorted to study and investigate. To aid in this work, the Union publishes bimonthly monographs from prominent authorities treating the religious and economic phases of the social questions, recommending courses of reading and study. No problems of the present are more pressing than these. The great word of today is "Society." The Church, recognizing this, calls upon...
...play to be given by the Emmanuel Club of Radcliffe College on December 14 and 18. May I be allowed a few lines to state the object of the performance? The Emmanuel Club annually pays the tuition of one deserving student at Radcliffe, and it is in aid of this scholarship fund that the play is to be given. The knowledge of this may influence a larger number to purchase tickets, and so it seems only right to bring it before your readers...
...temporal power aid or hinder the real advancement of the papal interests...
...Sargent wishes to have the announcement made that no assignment of lockers will be made until a notice from him is printed in the CRIMSON. Students would greatly aid the early opening of the Gymnasium by keeping out of the building until the formal opening is made...