Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...give our hearty support to the petition which is to be circulated asking for the abolition of compulsory prayers. In taking this stand we are not influenced by disrespect for the system of daily prayer, nor by dissatisfaction with the manner in which they are conducted. We simply hold that compulsion in any religious observance renders the effect nugatory, and at the same time tends to prevent that spontaneity of motive for a religious life which alone is productive of good. The discussion in regard to compulsory prayers that has been carried on in the papers...
FORENSICS.The thesis of the senior forensic work will be due on Tuesday, March 9 '86. The thesis of the junior forensic work will be due on Tuesday, March 23, 1886. - Subjects for junior and senior theses are to be chosen in the same manner as was announced for the choice of the subjects for the first forensic...
Besides the extremely successful manner in which he performed the duties of librarian, the college has to thank him for the zeal he displayed in obtaining valuable donations to the library. Through his influence many gifts of money were received, as well as valuable contributions of rare books and coins...
...following extract from the Oxford Review illustrates in a rather amusing manner the election spirit, and also shows the enviable position which the Oxford M. P.'s hold...
...library is remodelled, it is the intention, we understand, to provide a place for a general newspaper reading-room within its walls. This reading-room should be maintained by a special appropriation, and the management taken from the hands of students. In this way it can be supported in manner more in keeping with Harvard's resources than the present meagre funds raised by subscription allow...