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...anthem "Behold now, praise the Lord." Prayer was offered by Rev. Alexander McKenzie. The congregation read responsively Psalm xxvii. Mr. Geo. W. Watts of Boston then sang a tenor solo by Sterndale Bennett, entitled "His salvation is nigh unto them that hear Him." His singing is worthy of unusual comment. Rev. Phillips Brooks then spoke of the three notable visits which Christ made to the Temple: the first as a child when He was recognized as a child of God, the second, when He was found disputing with the doctors; the third, when He cleansed the temple. These visits represent...
...always be given for absences which will result in cuts, and that a student who is away longer than three days must always see the secretary at his return, to show that he is back and to explain the cause of his absence. These rules have caused much unfavorable comment among the students, but this comment seems immature. The length of vacations is fixed, not by the faculty, but by the board of overseers. The faculty, therefore, have no right to wink at extensions of the recesses on the part of the students. At the meeting of the faculty, December...
...opportunity of meeting and of becoming acquainted with the upperclass men; and also to show those students now at Andover who are as yet undecided as to which college they shall go to complete their education, that here at Harvard, they will find pleasant acquaintances, and agreeable surroundings. We comment upon this dinner because we believe it to be a step in the right direction; a step which will tend to bring those men to Harvard whom we must have if we desire to reach that standard which we have set up for ourselves...
...best playing for Technology was done by Godchaux; for Harvard by Fitzhugh. The Technology team as a whole played with vigor. They got through and tackled well. The playing of the Harvard team needs no comment...
...Sempers contributes to the number some graceful verses entitled, "In Midsummer." The quality of the writer's work is too well known to our students to need comment here. Mr. Bates contributes a very creditable translation of the first ode of Horace, Book III. The usual editorials and book notices fill out the number...