Word: leaven
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...leaders, pure, modest and masculine characters. Marshall Newell was one of these-the true type of man. Though poor and with but few acquaintances, from the very beginning he made friends. Reserved, yet companionable-true to the type of wholesome, single-hearted men, he was one of those who leaven our life and whose memory the College rejoices to foster. His character, though outwardly controlled and reserved, was inwardly a rich world of nature and ideas. There was something in him that spoke the hero, though he himself never thought of self-advancement...
...himself and in the course of time, obtained permission from Rome to form an order. Since his time, the Franciscans have been among the most active in the furtherance of civilization and Christianity. The great lesson of St. Francis's life is that true reform can only begin, like leaven, from within, not by destruction, but by the steady and quiet influence of a pure, peaceful life...
...Paul's Society met in Grays 17 last night at 7 o'clock, and, after the usual opening, Rev. W. G. Thayer of Groton School, addressed the meeting. He took as his text a part of the first verse of the twelfth chapter of Luke, "Beware ye of the leaven of the PharPharisees, which is hypocrisy...
...embroidered above the visor. The following men will go to the training table tomorrow: C. H. Sherrill, '89; D. H. Robinson, '90; H. Cheney, '92; J. P. Lloyd, '91; N. L. Deming, '90 S.; F. H. Clark, '91 S.; and the tug of-war team, consisting of C. W. Leaven worth, '91 S.; H. E. Crall, '90; T. J. Lloyd, '90, and C. Dussler, '90.- Yale News...