Word: lies
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...calling of children to be slathered and inconsistencies about the creation. It shows us that the writers were as we are-perhaps more devoted to their principles, but moved by the same passions. It frees the religious soul from bear, because it shows that safety and happiness lie in the present performance of duty and in the present communion with...
...Glee, Banjo and Guitar and Mandolin Clubs gave a concert in Boston Tuesday night for the benefit of the university crew. The management of that concert was put into the hands of the Boat Club. The result was almost a complete failure. The fault in the matter seems to lie entirely at the door of the crew management. The concert appears to have been practically unadvertised, either publicly or privately. As a result the audience numbered not more than a hundred people. In addition to this there were no programs, and no ushers-until, indeed, some members of the Glee...
...indignation. If members only were disappointed, there would be sufficient cause for censure, but since the public is admitted and pays for admission, an earnest remonstrance is necessary. It is the duty of the Athletic Association to see that the men who enter compete. The fault does not lie with the officers of the association altogether, and perhaps not at all. The greater part of the blame certainly falls upon the men who withdraw. If they enter merely to have their names printed in the program, they are influenced by a mean motive; if they back out because they...
...chief gain in shortening the course would appear to lie in lowering the age of graduates from the professional schools. But could not this be accomplished in other ways? The true fault lies, not in our academic department, but in the preparatory and lower schools. There is no reason why the American schools, should not, like the European schools, educate their pupils in sixteen or seventeen years instead of nineteen. It seems quite possible that Harvard might gain a year at least by exerting her influence upon the larger preparatory schools, some of which already offer a shorter course than...
...good as the men who rowed on the freshman crew last year. Mr. Alexander coaches them once in a while so that their chances for victory are not very bad. If the likelihood of winning the class races could be judged from the material, the chances would probably lie between the sophomores and freshmen...