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...Everett spoke at vespers yesterday on the text "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." He said: We are not to infer from this that Jesus was a pessimist. On the contrary He had faith that conquered the world. Christ means simply not to look ahead and dread what is to come. A man thinks for instance that he can't spare a very dear friend. Yet when that friend is taken away he finds himself able to bear the loss, for there are resources in us unknown, and, in such trying circumstances, these come to our aid. Most...
...does not resent being kissed. The next day as the writer had resolved not to flirt with her he feels repentant and ends his Oberammergau journal with the hope that she will "try" to forget him. If the episode is founded on fact one must infer that writer and young lady had more than normal powers of impression and susceptibility. If it is fiction, it commits the sin of improbability. Certain touches of local color are well done...
...third number of the Advocate is the best. number of the year, al though this statement should not lead anyone to infer that all the articles are unusually good, for they are not. But, taken as a whole. this issue shows a decided improvement over the first two of this year...
...University. Generally speaking, the article by Quest in the North American Review is shown to contain untrue statements. Our information also shows it was an extremely sensational article and that the class of men which it describes is very much smaller than a person from reading it would infer. At Harvard, on every hand, may be found abundance of brain, talent, moral and intellectual earnestness. And the nature of the instruction given is calculated rather to draw men out rather than to 'cram' knowledge into them...
...wonderfully successful public lecture courses of the past two winters. We are glad to notice the steady growth of the graduate department, as it augurs well for the future of the institution. President Barnard says very little concerning the finances of the college, and we are therefore led to infer that no appreciable part of the sum asked for three years ago has been obtained. An announcement reaches us with the president's report, which should be referred to in this connection. It is the programme of courses in the Oriental and Hamitic languages offered for the present year. From...