Word: mothers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...short contribution, "A Widow of Appomattox to her Son," there is little to say. A faithful mother tells to her son, who is with the Confederate army in the defenses at Petersburg, the vision she has had of his safe return to her side at Appomattox. There is deep pathos in the story...
...reply to the Murchison letter is an affront to the people of the United States. (a) It implies insincerity on the part of the administration, by saying that the party in power knows it would lose popularity in power knows it would lose popularity if it openly favored the mother country.- Murchison correspondence in Public Opinion; (b) It passes strictures on the government by saying, "allowance must be made for the political situation.- Ibid; (c) It impugns the motives of the senate in the rejection of the treaty, by saying that the Canadian question was reopened by the republican majority...
...athletic outlook were condensed into one, the effect might be more striking. The editorial on Bloody Monday punches is an expression of the best sentiment of the college and is a well-timed protest against a custom, which has become a disgrace. Ninety-two cannot complain of neglect. Mother Advocate, as she dubs herself editorially, coddles the freshmen with a tenderness almost touching, both in the editor's column and in "Topics of the Day." The latter is a few words of valuable advice which deserves the attention of the freshmen, and, if we may suggest of many upper classmen...
...juniors of Williams College will produce two amateur plays during commencement week, as follows: "A Pack of Cards" and "Freezing Out a Mother...
...Phillips Brooks preached in the chapel last evening to a congregation which filled every part of the building. The theme of the sermon was the utterance of Mary, the mother of Jesus, to the assembled guests at the wedding feast in Canaan: "Whatever He saith unto you, do it." Mary had been dwelling with her Son in Nazareth and there she had studied Him and had gradually come to understand Him. She trusted so completely that, not knowing what Christ would do, she bade the guests do whatever He said to them. She struck the note that has come down...