Word: holding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...important meeting of the Connecticut Club was held last evening in Holyoke 23. It was finally decided to hold a joint debate with the Pennsylvania Club, which will take place probably a week from next Friday. The debate will take the form of a trial which will be conducted entirely by the two clubs. The arrangements have not yet been perfected and probably it will be several days before the details are arranged...
...first meeting of the Chess club in their new rooms was held last evening. and proved vary successful. H. A. Davis '91, was elected secretary-treasurer in place of R. W. Herrick, resigned. The club will hold a chess tournament open to all members of the university...
...year had a balance in the bank of $157, and no unpaid debts. This organization, unlike the others who have their accounts audited, has no regular source of income; it must be supported by the contributions of those who are interested in boating and wish it to hold its place among college sports. It is stated that the expense for the coming year will necessarily be large, and it is hoped that the club may be as energetically managed and as generously supported as it has been...
...religious differences between Persia and Turkey would make a great religious movement impossible. Isolated attempts at a religious crusade. like that which marked the rise of Islam, may succeed temporarily. The Mahdi in the Soudan may hold out for a time against the force sent against him. The intelligent Moslems, however, realize the utter hopelessness of an assault upon the Christian powers...
...Koran, nevertheless, has a firm hold on millions of souls. Islam. although politically dead, is religiously alive. From Gibraltar to China, the religion of Mohammed is that of the masses. It spreads rapidly in Africa, not through the preaching of isolated missionaries, but by the influence of the Arab colonies scattered throughout the continent...