Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Nevertheless, the name of the House has made it difficult for many people to appreciate the liberal attitude in which the House really has stood. We know positively that young men who would otherwise have been likely to offer themselves as resident or associate workers, have been held back by the feeling that the house was in the hands of a particular group of persons representing special religious or academic attachments. Men who have actually joined us, have not seldom done so only after careful inquiry upon these points. And after coming into residence, some of the residents are occasionally...
...Tucker spoke upon the subject of repentance, illustrating his sermon by telling how John the Baptist and Jesus Christ called their hearers to repentance. He went on to show how difficult it is for all classes of men to really repent. Some cannot reach the individuality of their sin because they are a part of a great army which sweeps them on in its progress and restrains them from acting independently as they might if they were alone. Others fall into a kind of mental indifference from which they seem to be unable to rouse themselves; they can not throw...
Among the other characters W. H. Cram deserves great credit. He did not perhaps make as good a picture of femininity as E. G. Knoblauch in the part of Angelique, but his animation and his excellent interpretation of a difficult part placed him second only to Schurz...
...economic phases of the social questions, recommending courses of reading and study. No problems of the present are more pressing than these. The great word of today is "Society." The Church, recognizing this, calls upon her men, particularly the young men of the universities, to form upon these most difficult questions a wide and comprehensive judgment...
...minor characters were nearly all well taken. W. H. Cram '97, as Toinette, was a maid with much assurance. F. H. Kinnicutt '97, as Thomas Diafoirus, entered into the spirit of his difficult part and performed it admirably. G. E. Hills '97 was most vigorous as Monsieur Purgon. Little Miss Caze acted the part of Louison with charming naivete. The whole cast showed a thorough knowledge and appreciation of their parts, due to the careful training they have received. The performances which are to take place this week will undoubtedly prove in every way successful...