Word: manly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Yesterday afternoon in Appleton Chapel Professor W. W. Fenn, S.T.B. '84, Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, preached the baccalaureate sermon to the Senior class, his text being: When the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful for he was one that had great possessions...
...usually grieve not because they have but because they lack great possessions, said Dean Fenn, and yet this clean, ardent, and dutiful young man who ventured to say to Jesus, and doubtless with entire sincerity, that he had kept all the commandments, was completely changed in his attitude toward himself and his possessions by a single sentence from the lips of Jesus. In considering the requirement of Jesus in this case, Christendom has unfortunately fastened its attention not upon the essential but almost exclusively upon the accidental element, for the point of his command lies in the "Come, follow...
...serious as over-attention to studies on the part of the high-stand men. From statistics of physical examinations he shows that the standard of physique of the athlete and of the average student has risen surprisingly in the 28 years covered by his records, while the scholarship man is considerably below the standard of 1880. The conclusion which he draws from these facts is, that just as strength test is required of athletes, so conformity to a physical standard should be imposed on all men competing for scholarships and other forms of academic distinction...
...University baseball team defeated Cornell yesterday afternoon by 1 to 0 in a remarkably well played game, neither team making an error throughout the nine innings. Hartford pitched in splendid form, not allowing Cornell a single hit, and struck out twelve men. Not until the eighth did a Cornell man reach second base, though three reached first on balls during the game. Hartford's curves and fast balls, which be varied excellently, were a complete puzzle to the Cornell batters, and they struck time and again without coming anywhere near the ball...
...regular players are together again, Captain Heilman, shortstop; Ebeling, right field; and Reiber, second base. Watson, who played at first last year, is slightly off form, and Williams will probably play in that position. Fulton was substitute in last year's outfield and has been developed into a fast man. The rest of the team are mostly sophomores taken from last year's freshman team...