Word: paths
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Confederate centre, was the most important strategic point, toward which the Union armies were struggling. With its strong natural defences, and its importance as a railroad centre, Chattanooga not only protected the heart of the South from Federal invasion, but it also opened up for the rebels an easy path into Tennessee and Kentucky...
...fact all club colors-is strict, and in consequence the most famous "blue" is proud to wear his insignia. At Harvard the 'varsity blazer was long ago relegated in consequence of vulgar misappropriation, the red sweater is following it, and now the letter H has started on the downward path. The English system is of course frankly aristocratic, but it does insure to an athlete whatever formal distinction his college regards as fitting...
...sermon asserted the obligation of every man to pass on to whom he may the gifts with which God has blessed him; to leave the beaten path of selfishness and give himself to the service of others. It showed how in particular the duty came home to Harvard men. In the college, more than anywhere else, there is a vast store of energy, vitality, health and wealth of all things of which the world has need. The problem which consciously or not is decided by each student is whether in the use of these he shall consult his own exclusive...
...choir sang "Awake, Awake!" by Stainer; "The Path of the Just," by Roberts; and "Show me Thy Ways, O Lord," by Roberts...
...turf race the hurdles were stationary, being firmly imbedded in the ground. This is English style, and the general opinion is that the Americans should adopt it, for there is much less danger running on turf than on a cinder path...