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Dates: during 1880-1889
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WHEREAS, it has pleased a Divine Providence to remove from among us, our friend and classmate, George Willis Brechbill...
...custom I think among most of the professors of this college to have their blue books, after an examination, looked over, if not marked by some competent third party. The student accordingly is brought to feel the justice of his marks, and even if he is not so, he has his blue book to refer...
...make this suggestion that among these questions of reform I might point out one at least in which the student need not be treated as the "forgotten...
...great possibilities of progress and civilization among the people are shown by two experiences. The first is that of Mr. Duncan, an English missionary, who landed at Alaska thirty-five years ago. His efforts to spread the gospel were received enthusiastically by the people, and he soon gained so much power that the "medicine men" tried to kill him, and he withdrew to settle in a new place with his followers. The dwellers in the new village were placed under strict pledges to abstain from idleness and vice, and a model town soon grew up. Another proof of capabilities...
...walkovers that the meeting could not fail to be deprived of much of the interest which it otherwise would have had. The entries in wrestling and boxing matches were not many at best, and when so few of those entered appeared at the scratch, the feeling of just dissatisfaction among the spectators was very evident. It is a pity that the men should feel so little interested in the events in which they have entered that they so willingly relinquish their chances of winning...