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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Thayer spoke of the nature of the association's work. He pictured a young man coming to college from a good home, but gradually drifting into follies through being unused to live entirely by his own judgment. He declared the association a great aid to such men, and highly praised its course in making itself not a church, but a Christian association, taking the broad view of religion, and carrying it through fellowship into every day life...
...Oliver Wendell Holmes once said to Dr. Smith, who was his classmate: "Your name and fame will live when I and my works are forgotten. You have made yourself immortal in your poems...
...Soudan was governed by officers sent by the Khedive from Cairo. The Soudan service was looked upon by the officers as punishment and a place at which to live as easily as possible and get rich. Every bit of property the natives had was taxed. The oppression was intolerable. Such was the condition of affairs when Gordon arrived. He succeeded Sir Samuel Baker as governor of the Equatorial Provinces, which extended from the 23rd degree of north latitude to the equator and from the Red Sea westward. In this great tract of country Gordon had absolute power. This condition...
...members of the Faculty have expressed their endorsement of the movement in strong terms. One spoke of the accommodations in the post office as the worst he had ever seen and characterized the place as a "a nasty hole." Another said that it was unfit for a dog to live in." Another said that though the University alone, represented nearly five thousand persons, including Radcliffe College and the families of instructors, there was not as good post office accommodation as would ordinarily be given in a town of five thousand inhabitants...
...Social Union will be conducted this year on the same general plan as last year but with a somewhat enlarged scope. H. S. Roberts '97 will live in the Social Union building and will be ready to help all those who come to him about the courses of instruction. Last year there were ninety students and at present there are over a hundred, while the lists are not yet complete. It is greatly desired that the work of the union should be more widely known among College men. The Educational Department is not, however, the only side of the Social...