Word: attendance
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...there should be a better response to this call than there was to that for the eleven. We urge all freshmen who weigh as much as 140 lbs., to present themselves, while those who weigh much over that are indispensable. The foot-ball men are also requested to attend to entering their names, though of course they cannot begin training till after the game with Yale. It is very desirable that Captain Vail's call be heartily answered, and that every possible candidate present himself to-night...
...FITZ.HARVARD BAND. - Rehearsal and business meeting at 7. The band will play at the republican meeting Monday. All must attend...
...call on them for consultation or for social intercourse, and they wish to meet and converse with men and to serve them as advisers and friends. And so we heartily hope that the college will more fully recognize the importance and the influence of prayers and will continue to attend them regularly and give a hearty support to the Board of Preachers, each of whom desires most earnestly to meet us not only in the chapel but also in private...
With the services to-morrow evening the college chapel begins its year. Before 1886 religious worship at Harvard was compulsory; men had to attend prayers every morning, and their attendance was taken as at any recitation. Since 1886, however, prayers have been made voluntary, and religion here has become not a duty but "a privilege." The Board of Preachers, taken from the best men of various denominations, has undergone a few changes since last year. The loss of Rev. Brooke Herford and Rev. Henry Van Dyke will be keenly felt by the men who had the pleasure last year...
...this last moment we must not forget the crew. It has had hard luck, very hard luck, but it has stuck to its work manfully, and the men have spared themselves nothing to repeat the great victory of last year. May success attend them...