Word: christian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professor Drummond, the bright young Scotchman who has been making a visit to some of the leading American colleges, says that to him their most remarkable feature is "their Christian tone.' The professor probably has not dropped around when the Harvard sophomores were hazing the freshmen, or the boys of Cornell having a cane rush, or Yale trampling Princeton's football team in the mud.- Boston Post...
...largest gymnasium in the world is said to be that of the Young Men's Christian Association at Liverpool. Harvard's rank next largest...
...Young Men's Christian Association held a meeting on Tuesday evening to discuss methods for uplifting the poor in Boston. Professor F. G. Peabody made some remarks on the subject...
...tongue is the first step in their further education and advancement. The orders issued in regard to this do not as yet affect the preaching of the gospel in the churches, nor in any way hamper the missionaries in their efforts to give the tribes a knowledge of the Christian religion. But it is insisted upon that the schools established for the education of the younger generations shall teach the language of the country of which their pupils will become citizens. Each year the number of those wishing a higher education is increasing, and the question of college education...
Chauncey M. Depew, in his remarks made at the meeting of the college undergraduates in New York on Sunday evening said that there was no reason why a popular athlete should not be a conscientious Christian...