Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...natural that the Cycling Association should take advantage of this opportunity by appointing a meeting at which bicycle racing at several distances is to be the only athletic event. As the first of its kind here, today's meeting will be of great interest to all members of the University...
...philanthropic work at Harvard, which was marked by the formation of the Student Volunteer Committee, is a sign of a new era in university life. In the first place the committee was formed by a conference of all the religious societies here, both Catholic and Protestant,- an unparalleled event, as President Eliot remarked in his speech at the time. But the committee stands for something more than a merging of sectarian interests in a common desire for usefulness. It marks more plainly than ever the fact that selfisness as the characteristic sin of the scholar is a thing...
...Club, Shooting Club, the Harvard Union, was vice-president of the Reform Club, a director of the Memorial Hall Dining Association, and played on the University Cricket team. He was '92's representative in the mile walk in the annual class athletic games, and took several prizes in this event...
Christianity is a piece of information, such as we might obtain from a friend as to an event of yesterday; it is not induced, or deduced, or educed. As to its truth, there are three things upon which we base belief; the Bible, the Church and our reason. These are not contradictory of each other, but on the contrary supplement and aid each other...
Mendelson, who will compete for Cambridge in the broad jump, is not a consistent performer, and if Sheldon, the Yale captain, succeeds in getting into anything like condition, the chances are that this event will go to Yale. Sheldon's injured foot, which has been very painful, is almost well. He expects to be in perfect form...