Word: evening
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...read. It must be prepared with regard to its effect when delivered from the pulpit or the rostrum. Taking this fact into consideration, these sermons are readable to an unusual degree. Dr. McKenzie has departed somewhat from the conventional sermon, and he might do so to an even greater extent with benefit...
...Musset may be called a great nervous child. All who came into contact with him even in his younger days noticed his mobility and that gaiety of heart which with him always ended in tears. He was a Parisian and the air of Paris is exciting. He was a disciple of Voltaire and of the Eighteenth Century. If he attacked Voltaire most bitterly, it was because he felt Voltaire's spirit within him. He had a taste for the luxuries of life. He was at his ease only in distinguished surroundings. He was mondain...
...cutting down of the class crews after they went on the river was an important even in last year's rowing history, for with it came the question of the success of the newly organized Weld crews. At that time the men showed good spirit with the result that the Weld crews proved productive of much promising material. If they are to continue to be thus useful they must receive just as enthusiastic support this year. In fact it is now of still greater importance, for with the advent of 'Varsity material to the class boats, the Weld standard should...
...husband and father, Victor Hugo is the type of the French bourgeois. The French Bourgeois is a settled, sensible and prudent person; he is a man of the home; he distrusts passion; he loves his wife and loves his children even more; he is idle and talkative; he takes a deep interest in politics; he is a patriot and loves all things military; he is not very religious and not at all mystic; on the other hand, he has a distinct taste for morality and for commonplaces. Victor Hugo was all this: a bourgeois with genius...
...experience of past years has proved that the mere monotony of even light training when carried on without a break for several months, has a depressing influence on the men which often detracts materially from their ability to show their best form when the important time comes. It is not alone in the Mott Haven training that we have profited by such experience, however, but in all our athletics. Last season's football policy was to vary the routine of practice as well as lighten the training, and that of the rowing authorities is a great change for the better...