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...chapter, Dr. Abbott spoke of our ability ot discern good and evil. He said that man is naturally bad, and in bearing this load of evil his moral faculties are impaired. To develop this power of discernment is life's hardest task and the one upon which we must bestow our greatest care. Every familiarity with evil undermines our moral nature and strengthens the evil that is in us. On the other hand our associations with good break down the wrong and build up the right. God's aid alone is able to give us this ability to divide...
...annual commencement in June, Johns Hopkins University will, for the first time, bestow a degree on a woman...
...annual commencement next June the Johns Hopkins University will bestow the first degree ever given to a woman by that institution...
...Winter Meetings of the last few years have shown the result. Formerly, when Mr. Lathrop had more time to bestow upon indoor work, three interesting and well contested meetings were held. Now it is with the greatest difficulty that the officers of the H. A. A. can secure competitors in enough events for two meetings, and the standard in these events is often below that in some of the preparatory schools...
...those engaged in work among society today. To take a child when young from the midst of a life of vice and degredation, and transplant him to some purer atmosphere where he will grow up under a moral influence is one of the greatest benefits that one can bestow upon society. It may be expensive, but in the end it is economical, for these very children if not turned in the right direction will grow up to swell the costly criminal class that hangs on society...