Word: mass
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Catholics he has always maintained by the marked signs of development discernible in their church. Although the Roman Catholics have always had the reputation of being conservative and formalistic, he desired to point out that they have not been unprogressive. He instanced the evolution of the modern Roman Mass out of the Coptic Mass, marked by the conversion of the solid wall of masonry which originally separated the celebrants from the congregation, into a light screen, together with the substitution of the idea of spiritual sacrifice for the actual slaughter of beasts. Furthermore, President Eliot said, the Catholic Church...
...debating work for the year was begun last night by a well-attended mass meeting in Dane Hall. E. R. Lewis '08, president of the Debating Council, presided; and short speeches were made by Professor H. B. Huntington '97 of Brown University, Mr. S. R. Wrightington '97 of Boston, and A. C. Blagden...
...debating mass meeting at which plans for upperclass debating for the year will be announced, will be held in Dane Hell this evening at 8 o'clock. Professor H. B. Huntington '97, of Brown University, S. R. Wrightington '97, and A. C. Blagden '06 will be the speaker...
...which is now being celebrated in Richmond, V,. During his short stay in the south he has completely won the hearts of the people by his simple, unaffected manner and by his vigorous Christian words. On Sunday afternoon, when he gave his farewell address at a great open air mass meeting, fully five thousand people crowded the steps of the Capital at Richmond to hear him speak. Bishop Lawrence '71, as chairman of the house of bishops presided, and led the meeting in devotions. Prominent among those present were Robert Treat Paine '55 and Mr. C. G. Sanders...
...execution, moreover, we have no reason to lie back upon our laurels. Songs which have to be read from printed slips, and which are practiced only at one or two mass meetings before the Yale game, are no more effective than could be expected under the circumstances. Again, if the suggestion is not too radical, we should like to see men leading the singing who have some qualifications for their positions. It is too much to expect that a large body of men can be led satisfactorily by even a brilliant hockey or baseball player, who has not himself solved...