Word: life
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Somebody has been looking over Princeton's list of graduates who have become prominent in public life, and finds that it includes two signers of the Declaration of Independence, twenty-seven delegates to the Continental Congress, one President (Madison), two Vice-Presidents and five nominated as candidates, seventeen Cabinet officers, one chief-justice, five associate justices, seventeen foreign ministers, fifty-one Senators and 115 Representatives. besides two speakers of the House...
...three notable visits which Christ made to the Temple: the first as a child when He was recognized as a child of God, the second, when He was found disputing with the doctors; the third, when He cleansed the temple. These visits represent three periods of man's life: childhood, the desire for knowledge, and the desire to use this knowledge for the best purposes. No one is perfect unless all these periods blend together. The service closed with the singing of an anthem by Narsing, entitled "Come now, let us reason," followed by Hymn xxiv...
...appeared yesterday is marked by two able editorials and several literary pieces of merit. The editorial on the Christmas tour of the Glee and Banjo Clubs states fairly the good results that may be expected from the trip in the way of altering somewhat the current opinion of Harvard life throughout the west. The second editorial, on the subject of forensics and themes, deserves a careful reading. The same idea must have occurred to every senior and junior taking elective courses in which theses are required. To be sure, the man who has three or four theses, as the Advocate...
...Warren's "Vanitas" is an interesting and well-written, though not a very flattering story of modern summer life. Mr. Corbin contributes a poem-"The Song of the Sea Shell-a mournful but pretty little song. "A Virgin Priestess," by Mr. Batchelder, is an original but rather startling Druid sketch. "A Parable" is very brightly written. We hope the Blue Hound and the Small Young Ass will appreciate its humor as well as its sarcasm. The last prose article is "Jerry's Consolation," by Mr. Wardner, a sequel to "A Nineteenth Century Romance." It is written in the same humorous...
...attempt was made at Columbia to hold a ball, but owing to the poor reception the ball met with, succeeding classes did not care to renew the experiment. The object in holding the ball was to fill up the gap caused by the absence of real social life and social amusements. This year's junior class has, however, not been deterred by this rather poor precedent from renewing the venture. They decided to hold a Christmas ball in aid of the 'varsity crew and obtained permission from the faculty to use the library tomorrow night for their ball. No trouble...