Word: plain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lecturers from Harvard University will be Professors Peabody, Palmer, James, Moore, and Fenn. Besides these the following gentlemen will lecture: Professor Coe, Northwestern University; Professor Cone, St. Lawrence University; the Rev. C. F. Dole, Jamaica Plain; Professor King, Oberlin College; Professor Nash of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, and President Tucker of Dartmouth...
According to the terms of the will of Robert C. Billings of Jamaica Plain, Harvard College will receive $100,000. No specifications or restrictions are made for the use of this gift...
...party in 1903. The Low administration is making steady progress in every direction. Business men are enthusiastic in its support. The press is unanimous in commending the present government, and all elements of the reform movement continue to support it. As a matter of public welfare, the issue is plain. A Tammany government means corruption in every department, the looting of the city treasury, neglect of public health, and the increase of crime aided by the police. The present administration stands for honesty, preservation of the public health, protection for the morals of the people, and the suppression of crime...
...choir sang the hymn: "God of the living in whose eyes, Unveiled thy whole creation lies." Mr. Bulkeley read services from the Scriptures, concluding with some appropriate verses. Professor Peabody then offered prayer, after which the congregation sang the hymn of John Taylor, "Like shadows gliding o'er the plain." The body was taken to Mt. Auburn for cremation...
...substitutes on the University eleven. As the crew and track team substitutes are honored with appropriate letters as a reward for their efforts, certainly the football substitutes should be likewise honored, as their work is a grind with little to show for it in the end, but a plain, black sweater. This matter has been discussed of late by many graduates, and therefore I think the present time the best to advocate some move in this direction...