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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...system of exacting fines for misdemeanors of various sorts, came into high favor about 1750, when (1) an absence from prayers cost the delinquent the sum of two pence; (2), tardiness at prayers, one penny; (3), absence from public worship, nine pence; (4), illbehaviour at public worship, a sum not exceeding one shilling, six pence; (5), "going to meeting before bell ringing," six pence, - in 1800, increased to sixty cents; (6), neglecting to repeat the sermon - given up in 1773 - nine pence; (7), irreverent behaviour at prayers or public divinity lectures, one shilling, six pence - in 1800, increased...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Morning Prayers. | 2/4/1887 | See Source »

...annual subscription toward the necessary expenses. The school was founded. At the present moment it has the active assistance of no less than sixteen colleges. It owns a fine site on Mt. Lycabettus, presented by the Greek government; has in process of erection a commodious and solid building to cost twenty thousand dollars; posesses a library of between fifteen hundred and two thousand volumes; is free from debt, and has an established reputation. Cholera closed the Levant to travellers for one of these years; but no less than eighteen students have been in regular attendance and scores of travellers have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The American School at Athens. | 2/2/1887 | See Source »

...Bussey institute had a considerable surplus last year, and for two years past the money receipts from board of horses, etc., has paid the cost of carrying on the farm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Annual Reports of the President and Treasurer. | 1/26/1887 | See Source »

...session by a communication from ex-President White, announcing his determination to give to the university his superb historical library. This collection of books, the gathering of which has been Mr. White's lifework, consists of about 30,000 volumes, 10,000 valuable pamhlets and many manuscripts. It has cost more than $100,000, and its present value cannot be estimated. Remarkable are the collections upon French, German, English and American history; upon the middle ages, the Jesuits and the inquisition; the early history of the natural sciences and of political economy. With the French revolution it is especially rich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREAT GIFT TO CORNELL. | 1/24/1887 | See Source »

...present. Why was not Sanders Theatre secured for this evening instead of Sever 11? We feel sure that Sever 11 will be crowded to its utmost capacity, and there is a strong probability that many students will be unable to gain admission. All of us know to our cost in what numbers the citizens of Cambridge gather together when there is any lecture of special interest under the auspices of Harvard or any college society. The lecture to-night is open to the public. If the Total Abstinence League really desires that the students of the university should enjoy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/21/1887 | See Source »

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