Word: fear
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...thoroughly legitimate joy. It commemorates the greatest benefit that has ever been given to mankind-an assurance of salvation. Since this is so, the feeling of God's gift to us ought to bring us thankfulness and joy. Yet we are apt to stand in an unholy fear of God, and to feel that religion, though an admirable thing to die with, is a hindrance to our peace and success in this life. Our failure to gain a right understanding of our relation to God is not a difficulty of sentiment, but of what we believe to be our best...
Among the prose articles are several which deserve praise. "A Perennial Story," by Louis How, tells of the hard experience of a man who comes to college with a great longing to make friends, but who fails through his natural timidity and fear of intruding. His loneliness and the disappointment of his hopes are well described; and the author rather skillfully enlists the sympathies of the reader...
...suggestion that Holmes Field be flooded has been heard many times by the writer; is there any sufficient reason why the suggestion should not be acted upon? Two reasons why it has not been done in the past have been quoted, viz., fear of injury to the grass and to the cinder track. If it is possible for harm to be done to either of these by ice, the conditions which usually prevail on Holmes Field during the winter are the worst possible and the addition of six inches of water, enough to cover the field, would dimiinish rather than...
...discovered from outside; men who have much ability in running or jumping often are not themseves conscious of their ability and consequently take no part in athletics. In this, as in everything else, good material should not be allowed to waste away from lack of self-assertion, or fear of competition. Whatever the cause of the small number of entries, the games did credit to the freshman class...
...study of the experiences of other class meetings. The result of this investigation is embodied in the regulations published this morning. Particular attention is called to the provision by which no voter shall be kept from making whatever nominations he may wish. No one need fear that any combination of cliques will have it in its power to close the nominations if there are any further candidates to be brought forward. The members of Ninety-four are also earnestly requested not to gather around the tellers' or the chairman's desks. All ballots will be preserved systematically, in case...