Word: felting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Freshmen, of necessity, cannot be well acquainted with their classmates; they practically know nothing about the men whom they are voting for and run the risk of electing a man, whom no one can depose, to an office, the responsibility of which is felt by the whole college...
...several years past the need of a new gymnasium has been strongly felt at Yale. The size of the present building is wholly inadequate to the ever-increasing wants of the college. The apparatus, though of the latest pattern is not in sufficient quantity to warrant many students exercising at the same time. Dissatisfaction with the present state of affairs has resulted in the raising of a fund for the erection of a new gymnasium, which is to be larger than the old and to be centrally located. Professor Richards, who has the collection of funds in charge, has announced...
...importance of our library for purposes of superior instruction is becoming every year more and more felt, the necessity for an extension of its accommodations must necessarily occupy attention. The use of the library is continually increasing, so that it is not an infrequent occurrence to find it impossible to obtain even a seat. There seems to be considerable difference of opinion as to the kind of enlargement to be adopted, but it is greatly to be feared that no plan can be proposed which can provide adequately on the present site for all the various and increasing operations...
...Clary, the colored assistant in the chemical laboratory, died during the summer. He was connected with the laboratory for nearly his entire adult life, and his loss will be seriously felt...
...similarity between the temptations of Christ as He was entering on His ministry and those of a young man just beginning his active life work. Christ's temptations were real struggles, not supernatural manifestations. They arose not from His human weakness but from His sense of power. He felt himself a king and was tempted to claim His kingdom. Should He use His power for himself or for the world? On His decision rested the future. He chose the noblest, the best course, and became a minister unto men. Then there was proved the law of the sovereignty of service...