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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...subject this year is different and 1 ss difficult from that of last year, though none the less interesting. "The explanation and proof of the validity of the organization of ministers or Pastors of the churches and so their administration of the sacraments of religion as they have been practiced in New England" is a topic which, historically treated, would cover a great deal of ground and give a good comparison of the progress of church ritual and sacrament in New England...
...them so early in the year, for the amount of work done in any course in a month is very small and hardly sufficient to base an examination upon. There are some courses in which this is particularly applicable, and certain professors, moreover, confess that it is difficult in such a short time to set any kind of a satisfactory test examination. It is true that instructors are often dilatory in holding examinations and in returning the results - even when there is a fixed time for it - and the earlier the examinations are set the quicker the returns are obtained...
...them 25 yards at one gain. Duffield was disqualified here, and Robb took his place. At the thirty-yard line the seniors again braced up, started a long series of gains, and did not lose the ball again till Parker scored a touch-down from which Ellsworth kicked a difficult goal. Score...
...Republican Club and the Democratic Campaign Club we have undertaken the reballoting of certain departments of the college - the freshman class, first year Law School and Scientific School, and the counting of all the ballots, the final resul to be officially published by us. It is a very difficult undertaking to get the votes of these three departments and the committee earnestly request that each member of them will make out his ballot according to the plans as printed and do what he can individually to assist them to lighten and expedite the work...
...essay on "George Eliot's Theory of Realism," is very interesting, especially in its comparison with the theories of Mr. Howell's and the modern school. It is a thorough piece of work and well-done. The dozen pages which follow it are occupied by "Bifurcation," a difficult thing to classify. It is apparently a story with occasional suggestions of a plot but in reality it is a discussion, chiefly religious, which ends with a sermon. There are two characters in it-one a minister-that would do good to the heart of a lover of complexity; the other...