Word: began
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...speaker began by defining the Darwinian doctrine of evolution as the theory that man is decended from the ape, and said that in tracing the influence of this theory upon our ideas of moral and human life, he would group his work under the following heads: 1, Man's place in Nature; 2, The evolution of morals, 3, The nature of God; 4, Life and immortality. Every great religion has asserted that the arrival of man marked the final and highest stage of creation. In fact, the promise of immortality held out by every creed depends directly upon this assumption...
...Arrant Knave.Stuart Robson and company began a two week's engagement at the Hollis St. Theatre last night in "An Arrant Knave." The play purports to be a mediaeval comedy, but it partakes more of the nature of melodrama than than of comedy, and melodrama of a conventional sort. The second act is real comedy and contains the brightest lines of the play; the other acts move heavily. Except in this second act Mr. Robson is afforded very little opportunity for effective work; it is impossible not to feel that in Chiqui the Knave he has found a part less...
...degrees backward." Hezekiah, king of Israel was very sick and being warned by Isaiah that he was going to die prayed to the Lord for his life. He recovered. He had thought all his work was done, his sun had almost set; when suddenly the shadow on the dial began to creep backward, he regained a portion of his youthful strength and he finds that many a days work is yet before him. So it is with many of us. Misfortune or advancing years makes us feel that there is but little left for us to do. A young generation...
...sophomores have the usual faults of a class crew. They began rowing in the tank a week ago. They are especially bad in the recover-rushing the slides and hanging. The following are the candidates. First crewbow, Weed, 160; 2, Hubbard, 155.5; 3, Stearns, 175.5; 4, Rankin, 149; 5, Kennedy, 171; 6, Kidder, 151; 7, Steedman, 165 1-4; 8, Rantoul, 166 Second crew 2, Young, 156.5; 3, Forbes, 142.5; 4, MoDonald, 159; 5, Newell, 175; 6, Greenwood, 171; stroke, Cheney...
...Bates, '91, began work as a regular candidate for the nine yesterday...