Word: hymnals
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...recent meeting of the Chapel Committee of the St. Paul's Society, it was resolved to urge the revision of the University Hymnal. From the lack of interest shown in hymn singing by the congregations at Appleton Chapel and from the fact that the Hymnal has not been found to meet the need of other colleges, and for many other reasons, the Committee felt that it expressed the desire of an increasing number of students in recommending this revision. Immediate steps will be taken to bring the matter to the Board of Preachers...
...action taken by an undergraduate body for the revision of the University Hymnal marks a significant change in what formerly has been considered the religious attitude of the students. In 1895 it was found expedient to revise and enlarge with great care the hymnal which Edward Everett Hall, Phillips Brooks, Alexander McKenzie, and George A. Gordon had compiled nine years before, and now, after seventeen years that have seen even greater changes in the University, it is no wonder that the need of revision is again felt. No attempt was made by the second group of compilers to provide...
...would suggest that the idea of a supplement which previously has been considered be abandoned as undignified and insufficient, and that a new hymnal which would be useful to Harvard and similar institutions be requested of the Board of Preachers...