Word: belief
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Harvard Christian Association. Weekly Meeting. Leader: Mr. J. P. Sheffield. Subject: Belief. Holden Chapel...
Harvard Christian Association. Weekly Meeting. Leader: Mr. J. P. Sheffield. Subject: Belief. Holden Chapel...
...prayer is an institution of long standing. Early in the present century, at a time when skepticism was wide spread and belief low, a day of prayer was instituted by the Protestant churches throughout the country. The Christian Associations in the Colleges also observe the day, and in many of them the corporation grants a holiday...
...writer, but of many Seniors, and, it would seem, of most graduates. Out of nine alumni recently consulted on this question,- of the classes of '41, '46, '50, '61, '64, '68, '81, '83, and '84,- only two favored the proposed change; the rest were unanimous in their belief that a longer celebration than has hitherto been customary would inevitably be more elaborate, more expensive, and, in general, such that the poor man would be sharply divided from the rich; and Class Day would be no longer the dear and beautiful festival which it has been for more than fifty years...
...success of the chess team in the intercollegiate chess tournament held during the recess is very gratifying. Coming after the defeat of Princeton in debate just before the holidays it seems to strengthen the belief, with which some of us have endeavored to console ourselves after athletic defeats, that in contests of brain rather than of muscle Harvard usually wins...