Word: moral
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...enthusiastic audience in Sanders Theatre Saturday evening. After being introduced by R. C. Bolling 3L., Mr. Bryan began by expressing his great pleasure in addressing an audience of students. He then said in part: Civilization may be defined as the harmonious development of the human race physically, mentally, and morally. Of the three elements in civilization I am satisfied that the moral element is not only an important element but is the paramount element. We must judge the nations as we judge the individuals, for there is no limitation upon a moral principle...
...William Jennings Bryan will speak in Sanders Theatre at 8 o'clock tonight on "A Conquering Nation." He will discuss the moral obligation of government and will also bring up the question of morality in its application to anarchy, the money question, imperialism, and the status of Porto Rico and the Philippines. Mr. Bryan will be introduced by R. C. Bolling...
...place He can show us what is right. Many believe that their consciences will tell them what is right. But conscience is a defective standard, for it allows men to differ most widely. A man's decisions on the rectitude of his actions must be made according to his moral judgment, and that judgment can be profoundly affected by Jesus Christ. It can be powerfully moulded for good by the standards of life which He set up. It can be yet more powerfully affected by the atmosphere which He created. In certain companionships, questionable thoughts become impossible. In the atmosphere...
...Tangled Web that Allen Wove," by W. N. Seaver sets forth the dire results which inevitably follow a deviation from the path of truth. It cannot be denied that the author has contrived for the punishment of his hero a complication of exquisite tortures,--which are physical rather than moral. The story has little of the college atmosphere, however, and the six pages required to disentangle Allan might well be reduced to four. "Before the Engynes Came Through," by R. W. Page is a short dialect sketch without much structure. The best thing in the number is the last story...
...system was, however, adhered to as closely as possible. This year Yale began poorly and Harvard with flying colors. The Harvard team easily defeated Pennsylvania, but did not come up to expectations in the Yale game. Yale was satisfied with a tie, which under the circumstances was a moral victory...