Word: christian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Christian Brethren have a Bible Class every Sunday afternoon, from 1.45 to 3 o'clock. The committee consists of J. C. Gray, '87, Kalopathakes, '88, Carrier, '85, and W. B. Noble...
...only have some of the students of Divinity answered the charges brought against them as students ; but the religious and secular press have entered the lists in Harvard's behalf. A writer in the Christian Union says...
...observation of the students leads me to believe that there is among them a devout, earnest, Christian spirit and a good degree of profound religious conviction. They are earnest investigators, and the fraternal feeling is admirable. I believe the school, as a whole, I has never been so ably manned as it is to-day, and that it is doing a good work...
...entrance, but after admission they are to be pursued only in case the student chooses to do so. A generation ago, the ordinary college course consisted of Latin, Greek and mathematics almost exclusively, with the addition of mental and moral philosophy and logic, and possibly a course of Christian evidences. History was little taught, except indirectly, the modern languages and the physical sciences were almost ignored, while subjects like political economy, comparative politics and sociology were almost unheard of by the undergraduate. Now Harvard swings to the opposite extreme, and changes all this; not only so, but there is prospect...
...officers of the Society of Christian Brethren for the second half-year are as follows: President, A. E. Strong, '85; secretary, C. F. Carrier, 85: treasurer, G. P. Knapp, '87; and librarian, A. T. Dudley, '87. The membership of the society is at present over eighty...