Word: boys
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...feverish enthusiasm for art allows his only friend, a little fellow much younger than himself, to hang from a post, head down, in a torturing position in order that he may have a model for the masterpiece which he is painting. This torture naturally kills the boy by degrees, although the end does not come till Mathieu comes home with the news that he has won the medaille d'honneur. The story as a whole suggests Guy de Maupassant. Although the idea of the tale is rather extravigant, vet it is well-worked out and the diction is more coherent...
...Brooke Herford spoke at the Vesper Service yesterday afternoon on the influence of good men and good things. He mentioned an incident that once occurred at a meeting which one of the Wesleys was conducting. Two boys, who had a supply of stones and intended to help break up the meeting were much struck with the preacher's face and one said to the other that he was "no man." This boy, at the end of the meeting, went up and laid his hand on Wesley's arm and then said, in surprise, "he is a man" Wesley turned...
Professor John Trowbridge's story for boys entitled the "Electrical Boy" has met with great success...
President Elliot considers the changes entirely advisable. He thinks that routine work is too characteristic of the present grammar-school system due to the prescribed courses almost entirely, rather than to any fault of the teachers. The prescriptions of the course prevent a bright boy from advancing faster than any other. He may of course attain a higher rank but he must stay in the same division with the dull boy. In consequence under this compulsory system the dull boy lowers the age of matriculation of the whole class. These new changes will reward the work of all with...
...your poor human judgment and asks if you will receive Him. Each one must make a deliberate judgment. Perhaps, however, you will say that the question is not settled in this way. Your judgment is the result of the many little judgments that you have previously made. The boy who yielded to the influence of evil companions, disobeying the promptings of conscience, took the road to the crucifixion of Christ...