Word: clergyman
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...fortunately happened to be in the hands of some outside party. That John Harvard was an English Puritan minister is uncertain, as there is no proof of his being ordained, either on this side or on the other, but he is generally sup posed to be a non-conformed clergyman. Nearly 100 scholars from Oxford and Cambridge came over about the same time with him to New England, 70 of whom were from Cambridge and about a score of these from Emanuel College. While 30 years later the classes at Harvard were going on with their studies, Sir William Berkley...
...that pertains to a comprehensive working of them, are not liberally educated, it is, indeed, time that a liberal education was defined and explained. It cannot be true that a college course, or any course of study which aims exclusively at making a man a good lawyer, physician or clergyman may be designated as liberal for the great majority of professional men who have prepared themselves thoroughly and conscientiously for professions. What then does President Eliot mean by his term of "liberal education?" Upon the proper definition of this expression then hangs the true meaning of a liberal education...
...remarkable that ever graduated at Bowdoin. There were, among them, Nathaniel Hawthorne (who spelled his name Hathorne in college); Franklin Pierce, afterward President of the United States; Jonathan Cilley, who was shot, while a member Congress, in a duel, by Mr. Graves of Kentucky; George B. Cheever, a distinguished clergyman and author; Stephen Longfellow the eldest brother of the poet, rapidly rising to distinction at the bar, when his earthly career was cut short by death; John S. C. Abbott, a somewhat famous writer; James W. Bradbury, an able lawyer, who has been in the United States senate (Yale...
...imbibe at the college bar or not, the micing of gin-slings and brandy-smashes on the premises must of necessity by demoralizing in its effect. It is well known that the late Stephen Girard so earnestly dispproved of theology as to direct in his will that no clergyman should be permitted to enter the college buildings. It is doubtful, however, if he intended to encourage the sale of mixed drinks on the premises...
...afraid to be found abroad. This hostility seems to be especially directed against preachers, whom they compel to get off the walks and insult in every possible way. The Faculty seems to be unable to maintain order. Recently the Methodist Annual Conference was held in Statesville. One of the clergyman thus describes it : "On our way from Charlotte to States-ville, while the train waited at Davidson College station, there was a scene of rowdyism such as rarely has been my misfortune to witness. ON board were several ladies and grave ministers on their way to the Conference. A number...