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...meeting of the Christian Association last night, Professor W. W. Goodwin attracted an unusually large audience. He took his subject from the seventeenth chapter of Acts and after reading a freer translation of this than is found in the Bible, spoke very interestingly of St. Paul's discourse in the Areopagus at Athens...
...reasons are not fully understood by undergraduates in general it would not seem unadvisable to state them briefly. They are first, "that the existence of the Annex and its present course of study may be permanently insured to its students;" second, "that the students of the Annex may have freer use of the library and other educational facilities belonging to the University than they now enjoy"; and third, 'that the students should receive their degrees from the University." The reasons why a fund is necessary in order that the Annex may be joined to the University are as equally evident...
...Faculty of Princeton have decided to make every Wednesday afternoon a half-holiday in order to give freer scope to the athletic games that are usually played then...
...found scattered in the periodicals, especially in those devoted to mathematics and theology. Many of the modern tendencies at Harvard took their rise during Dr. Hill's term of office. He may be looked upon almost as the father of the elective system, and the first changes towards freer choice in the course of study were made while he was president. He also furthered the modern practice of setting sight passages and original problems on examination papers...
...order of things began when, five years ago, the government of the University voted that the statute concerning religious exercises "at which the attendance of the students is required" be stricken out. Since that time the spirit of the undergraduates has changed greatly. It is a spirit at once freer and higher than the old one. To the cultivation of this newer earnestness in the religious life of the undergraduates the university preachers have contributed much. A great portion of the students are distinctly identified with religious movements; it cannot be denied that many others do not occupy such...