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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...debating societies hold their first meeting tonight; and we hope that they may be good meetings. These societies are cultivating, and with no mean speed, an increasing interest in debating. The position which this branch of education formerly held in the University was nothing short of absurd. In a country where good public speakers are a government necessity, and where the number of such speakers is at present distressingly small, it seems beyond comprehension that young men in a position to make themselves good speakers should wholly let slip the opportunity...
...well aware that books associated with college life are often highly prized, and we do not mean that all books should be left by seniors. It is a matter for them to determine whether the books will do more good in their own hands or in the college libraries; but if the books are more needed in the latter place, then they ought freely to be given...
...generosity will be shown by students this year. Their hope ought not to be disappointed; the appeal comes at a time when students have much such clothing of which they must make some disposal, and the paltry sums given by dealers can well be sacrificed. The money will not mean to the students a fraction of the benefit which the clothing will bring the poor...
...tortured with material fire? No one, surely, but we do look forward to having a pure and spotless heart, to being crowned by royalty of character, and we do fear the iron chains of habit and the torture of remorse. What now does this allegory in the Revelation mean? These four beings, rather than beasts, are personifications of four qualities necessary to the acceptable service of God. First is the lion standing for courage. To serve God the most necessary of all things is courage. From the first to the last is needed bravery and firmness. There is always temptation...
...harm will result, but we say it with a proviso. We mean that there is no harm in the change, considered strictly in itself, but that there might be a great deal of harm if it were interpreted as the first step to an introduction of co-education in the College. The College is quite different from the Graduate School, and must ever remain so. What is very likely good for the Graduate School would not be for the College. Circumstances are altogether different in the two departments. We are aware that the experiment of coeducation has been tried elsewhere...