Word: interesting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...interest in the Bible lies not in its literary qualities, but in the wonderful character that it describes. We must have obtained this conception of Christ in one of three ways. Either the evangelists were true historians, or else falsifiers, or had evolved this ideal from the stories of the great men of former history. If the disciples were false, how could they have invented a story so wonderful and at the same time so consistent? If the Gospel is true, it must be regarded as integral, and the resurrection as a necessary part of it. The facts...
...proposal is now made to send a delegate to the convention in Chicago at which a National League of civil service reform clubs is to be formed. There are few Harvard clubs which more thoroughly deserve to be encouraged than the Civil Service Reform Club, and the interest of its members should be proved at the meeting this evening by the election of a capable delegate. It is well for Harvard men to associate themselves intimately with the promoters of civil service reform...
...annual spring elections of the borough were held last week. Great interest was manifested by the members of the university in these elections, as the issue was whether or not permission to run a trolley line through Princeton should be given. The faculty and students formed the largest part of the conservative party which was opposed to the trolley, and to them is due the large majority opposed to the project. Princeton, situated as it is in a small town, has always been known as a rural university, and it was feared that with the electric railway would come industries...
...Bennett prize of $40 is offered for the best essay in English prose on some subject of American governmental domestic or foreign policy of contemporaneous interest. The prize is open to members of the senior class and to special students in the third or fourth year who have taken courses in political science and English literature. The subjects for this year and for next year will be found in the catalogue. Essays must be left with the secretary before...
...present apparent listlessness of the nine, and its consequent defeat by weaker teams is discouraging, students should remember that the surest way to overcome it is by their own show of interest in baseball. The zeal of the nine will be in proportion to the interest which the University feels in them; and the test of this lies in attendance at the games, and not in adverse criticism. The University has a right to demand much of the nine; but disappointment and a certain measure of disgust must not make it forget the right of a representative nine to hearty...