Word: children
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...means shows the full importance of the subject. When we call to mind the very large number of college graduates who, though not teachers themselves, are serving on school committees as directors of teachers, and of the still larger number who, as parents, are directing the education of children, is it unreasonable for us to demand that not only a special course of instruction shall be provided for those who intend to become teachers, but also that a part of every man's college course shall consist of studies that will enable him to form a few general ideas...
...President Andrews of Brown University conducted the service in Appleton Chapel yesterday evening He took as the text for his address Psalm 107, 8th verse, "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men." It seem unnatural the preacher said, that men should need to be exhorted to gratitude to God. Yet many devotedly pious people, while they feel the duty of gratitude, are certainly not spontaneously grateful. This is largely due to a wrong method of looking at puzzling questions of belief. Dr. Andrews then considered some...
...chorus from Beethoven's Mount of Olives. The recitative with which the cantata began was finely given by Richardson of the St. Paul's choir. The Chant of Young Men was especially good and in perfect harmony. The soprano voices of the boys in the Chant of Maidens and Children were also remarkably fine and sweet. The whole cantata was sung clearly and sweetly without at any time an instant's hesitation. The two choirs sang as if they had been long trained together, and the whole performance reflects the greatest credit on Mr. Locke...
...Malchen's Gnome," is a sort of a fairy-tale of the Black Forest. It is extremely original, but perhaps more interesting to children than to students...
...gone far, attacked the freshmen with clubs and anything else they could lay their hands upon. Many men were cut and bruised, some receiving quite serious wounds. The superintendent of police with a force of reserves, finally quelled the disturbance. Many outsiders suffered from the rush, several women and children being among the number...