Word: maying
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...will be remembered that last May, '81 beat '80 by about eighteen seconds; but changes have been made in the latter crew, whereby it is much strengthened, and its chances of success are very good. The addition of Trimble, as stroke, is naturally the most important feature; his rowing seems to have lost none of its gracefulness in this new position; while Brigham, at No. 6, brings the experience of several University races. Of the other changes not so much need be said, save that, in the main, the crew is heavier than the old one, and is rowing fairly...
...place of C. H. W. Foster, and Hammond has taken Atkinson's place at bow, the latter going to 3. Although lighter than the Seniors, they row better together, and at this time the advantage seems to be slightly in their favor. The trifling difference, however, may easily be overcome in the course of the next fortnight. Following is the crew...
...ministers for particular denominations. . . . We are sure President Eliot did not intend to be vague or ambiguous when he used the phrase 'theological teaching of a perfectly unsectarian character.' But we are also sure that he would find it difficult now to tell us what such teaching is. We may, therefore, safely set down the Harvard Divinity School as necessarily denominational in its practical workings, whatever character its managers may seek to give it, or may have originally claimed...
...teach non-sectarian theology, you must teach only the things which no sect rejects. Your only escape from this difficulty lies in throwing down the dogmas before the student, and bidding him choose for himself. We grant that some subjects may be taught in this way, but surely not theology. . . . Few religious men like to see theological teaching converted into an exercise for sharpening the wits, or would like to see young men exposed to the influence of professors who took half a dozen different views of the Trinity and the Atonement...
These extracts may be appropriately concluded with the following from the letter of "A Harvard Alumnus," in the Nation, of August...