Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have the janitor take care of my fire. He usually arrives in the morning at about five o'clock, never later than six, except on very cold mornings-on such mornings he is very early at eight. His approach, arrival, and entrance, are all matters of great interest to me. The nature of his movements is very fortunate. I am awakened by the distant but slow approaching dill of his tread, so that the bursting open of the door, like the grande finale of a series of thunder claps is not as alarming as it might be; the previous rolling...
...method of theological study at Harvard is of priceless importance to the Church of Christ in America. It emphasizes the way in which religious problems should be approached. It has begun to free strong and earnest minds from the thralldom of sect. If the divinity schools at Andover or New. Haven, or the one established by churchmen under the shadow of Harvard, are worth anything to-day, it is because they approach the study of Christianity by the method which has been successfully inaugurated at Harvard. The lines of advance are in this direction. * * * The majority of the divinity students...
...South since the war. Only a wealthy region sends men to college. But, in view of the present growth of the South toward prosperity this cause should soon be operating less and less. In fact, we hear that the number of Southerners at Princeton is already beginning to approach the old ante bellum figures. We therefore hope soon to see a similar increase at Harvard. One way in which this event can be hastened is by each Southerner now at Harvard preaching the Harvard propaganda in the place where he lives. Love for their Alma Mater should prompt...
...would be numerous and frequent. The cold weather has come and with it the long expected skating, but a careful and diligent search has failed to reveal to us any signs that such a society as the Hockey Club has an existence among us. Can it be that the approach of the midyears causes the enthusiasm of the officers to ooze away before the greater enthusiasm which a blue book can provoke? Can it be that this youthful club, hardly accustomed to the light of day, has already proved so demoralizing to our characters and dangerous to our safety that...
Although the inclemency of the weather last evening and the approach of the midyear examinations, prevented the usual large attendance at the debate of the Union, the fifty or sixty persons who were there listened to one of the most interesting debates of the year. The unusually large number of gentlemen who spoke from the floor testify to the interest which the question aroused...