Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Shelley's "Christian, the Evening waits before Thee," was sung. Rev. Dr. McKenzie spoke briefly of the importance of developing our spiritual natures. He alluded to the religious lives lead by earlier members of the University, and exhorted his hearers to profit by their example. His words were earnest, and those who were present were evidently impressed with his remarks. Mr. Karl S. Hackett, of the class of '91, was the soloist, and rendered with pleasing effect Campana's "From the Depths of our Contrition...
...following earnest protest against the "heartrending article" published in the CRIMSON last week forms the Wellesley letter to the last number of the University...
...showing to the public the latest style of ulster or neck-wear. He is supposed to pass his examinations by means of assiduous "cramming" for several days before the examination, striving merely to get a mark which will prevent his getting "dropped." Few give us credit for the downright earnest work which is the rule here, not the exception. The men who spend their time in Boston (there are a few) are typical of but a small class. The majority of Harvard students are hard workers. We are aware that we have not reached the standard of perfection...
...Athens may be seen how great is the activity and how extensive the work accomplished by this institution. The colleges which six years ago continued to start this excellent institution have earned the gratitude of a large body of men interested in Greek archaeology and Greek literature. Through the earnest efforts of the committee which has conducted the management of the school, it has been placed on a level with the English and French schools which exist in Athens for the pursuit of the same studies. The excellence of the work done by the American students is in every...
...skating business on Holmes Field has been discussed so much that it has become as much of a public nuisance as the periodical remarks about swimming in the college yard. If there are men here who want to see the field flooded, they should go to work in earnest and enlist the interests of the Athletic Association in the matter, and not encroach upon our patience by ineffectual complaints or suggestions...