Word: church
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: That aspect of Harvard's position in the matter of compulsory church and chapel attendance, which is most illogical and undeniably absurd, it seems to me, has hardly been called into view by the recent discussions in the Nation and other papers. Why is it that the principle of compulsory attendance is made to apply in some cases while in others it is altogether evaded? Why are those who live in or near Boston and who reside at home excused from attendance at church and in most cases from chapel, while those who come from more distant...
...funeral of Commander Morris took place at Trinity Church,. Newport, yesterday noon. The ceremony was attended by the naval display due the rank of the deceased. Prominent officers and civilians were in attendance. The remains were taken to New York...
...Boston Gazette denies the rumor that Rev. Phillips Brooks, upon his return from abroad, "will relinquish his church for honors still reserved for him at Harvard College...
...mentioned doors and windows, which are locked, are kept at No. 5 University Hall, the bursar's office, the office of the superintendent of buildings, and the janitors' offices. At night, keys can be obtained at the president's house, janitors' rooms in Stoughton, Wadsworth House, Holyoke House, 10 Church street, at 6 North avenue (Mr. Eveleth's), and in the possession of the watchman and fireman...
...that it is easy to make home runs; for since the erection of the high board fence, with its trellis-like attachment, it is almost impossible to make a home run on the hardest hit ball. It has been proposed that the wall of the church and the side of the fence be marked off into sections by a judicious use of whitewash, and that whenever the ball strikes on the fly in one section it be called a home run; in the next lower section, a three-base hit, etc. We respectfully commend this proposition to the serious consideration...