Word: lasting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last meeting of the Finance Club, A. C. Miller, Gr., was elected vice-president. New members were elected as follows: From '89 C. C. Batchelder; from '90, Blaney, Carey, Fisher, Job, Latta, McLeod, McKean, Myers, Rose, Spencer, S. H. Thorndike, Vaughan, B. A. Walker, Watts; special, A. M. Little...
...very interesting meeting of men from other colleges who are at present in the different departments of the university was held in Sever 11, last evening. The purpose of the meeting was to hear the report of the committee appointed some time ago to investigate the moral and intellectual earnestness of the men in the university. From the answers which the committee has received to the ten questions sent by them to all men from other colleges it is clearly shown that the moral and intellectual spirit here is thoroughly healthy and earnest. Owing to lack of space a detailed...
Whitelaw Reid, minister to France, was tendered a farewell banquet last Tuesday in New York by the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity...
With its meeting last evening, the Chess and Whist club brought to a close the most successful year of its existence. It has risen from a lifeless and insignificant to an active and energetic society, and by its tournaments and matches, has revived an interest throughout the college in two scientific and deservedly popular games. The success of the club during the past year has shown conclusively that chess does not demand too much time and study to hold a secure place among college games, and that whist may be raised to a higher plane than that of a mere...
...next suras contained a prophecy. It is the only one which is found in the Koran, and is pointed to by the Mohammedans as a certain proof of the divine inspiration of the prophet. The prophecy which was delivered in one of the last suras of the Mecca period, is a distinct prediction of an historical event. The Persians have gained some successes over the Greeks, who were of the true belief. Mohammed predicted that the Greeks would triumph in the end, and they...