Word: mind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chapel with Dr. F. G. Peabody in the pulpit. The text of the sermon was Psalms i: 1-"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." Any serious mind, the speaker said, would pray to be delivered from irreligion and immorality, but it is not apparent at once that contempt should be placed in the same category and on the same level with these evils. The sin of the scorner is, however, much more insidious, deceitful and benumbing than that...
...work he has accomplished in the past among us has told on the side of good order, and the loss occasioned by his absence must be great. His work in the pulpit and among the students has always been of an eminently practical nature. He has had always in mind the great temptation which must necessarily assail men during their college career, and his words have been aimed to strengthen men against these temptations. His earnestness has never failed to secure the closest attention of those who have been fortunate enough to hear...
...chapel, last evening, Dr. Hale preached upon the importance and necessity to a moral man of a healthy body and a pure mind. The music, which was unusually good, included the anthems, "O God, have Mercy," by Calkin, and "Let not your Hearts be Troubled," by Trembath...
...discussed in the lecture room. The composition must be entitled, "What I find in the writings of-," and it must be presented to the instructors before the 15th of May. By this method one is allowed his own selections from the several authors; but it must be borne in mind that the essay thus prepared will be gauged by a much higher criterion than the work of those who take the full three-hour examination. The advantages of the new system are obvious, and the freshmen may congratulate themselves on being the first to avail themselves of such an excellent...
...Dudley further attempts to prove that the mental training of the athlete is peculiarly fitted for training the student for the business of life, but we think that he is attributing to it something which it has no claim to except in common with every other exercise of the mind which calls for decision and prompt action...