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...third lecture in the Finance club course was given last evening in Sanders Theatre by Hon. Thomas M. Cooley, who spoke on "The requirement of impartiality and uniformity in railroad service." A very large audience received the distinguished speaker with marked enthusiasm, and followed his lecture with the closest attention...
...fact that Mr. Justin Winsor is to deliver the address is an additional reason for a large attendance, for not only does courtesy demand an acknowledgement of Mr. Winsor's kindness in consenting to address the students, but what he has to say will assuredly be worthy of our closest attention...
...Harvard spirit is not demonstrative, so the religious side of the life here is not pushed into the prominence which it attains in some colleges, but the testimony of those who come into closest touch with the students will bear us out in what we have said. No man understands the tendencies of Harvard life better than Phillips Brooks, and he has said that Harvard is the most religious of American colleges...
...baccalaureate sermon was preached by Prof. Francis G. Peabody yesterday afternoon before a large congregation, composed mostly of Cambridge people. It was a thoughtful, eloquent address, commanding the closest attention and interest of the hearers. Dr. Peabody chose for his text a part of the fourth chapter of St. Matthew's gospel, the subject being "The Temptation of Christ." He traced the similarity between the temptations of Christ as He was entering on His ministry and those of a young man just beginning his active life work. Christ's temptations were real struggles, not supernatural manifestations. They arose not from...
...among the students has always been of an eminently practical nature. He has had always in mind the great temptation which must necessarily assail men during their college career, and his words have been aimed to strengthen men against these temptations. His earnestness has never failed to secure the closest attention of those who have been fortunate enough to hear...