Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first place it is necessery to understand the problem. In works among the poor, the influence of the Catholic church is most important. The work of the church is admirable, but its ideas of civilization are different from ours, and if more than amusement or manual training is attempted, the priest is sure to interfere. In the next place, work among the lowest class is of little benefit without a lifelong experience. Amiable feelings are held in contempt by these people, and unless there is some real work to be done, some common ground for both, friendly sentiments are useless...
...were quartered in Stoughton, and the Provincial Congress assigned a room in the same building to Samuel and Ebenezer Hall, who there published the N. E. Chronicle and Essex Gazette. In 1780, Stoughton Hall was torn down, as it was pronounced unsafe on account of the poor masonry. It was begun in 1698 and finished two years later, at the cost of L1000, given by Lieutenant-Governor William Stoughton...
...being taken and will add weight to any future action in the matter. The second subject is one that has only lately acquired prominence, but which is perhaps the most important of the three. The subject of athletics is of especial interest at this time in view of the poor showing made by the college organizations during the past year...
...managers of those clubs. It is a pity that these enjoyable and successful concerts should be anticlimaxed, so to speak, by the careless management of the dancing in Memorial Hall. While we hear nothing but praise of the concert itself, there is many a grumble audible about the poor music and the crowded floor in Memorial. These Glee Club dances are the only Harvard dances we have except at Class Day. They take the place of the junior promenades and senior germans at other colleges. Care ought to be taken, then, that they should be worthy of the two clubs...
...first week in January. Mr. S. Howell was elected president, and Mr. J. Hubbard secretary and treasurer. It was thought best to defer the choosing of a leader until a more thorough organization was effected. At the beginning of the year the outlook for a good club was rather poor, but a large number of new men have presented themselves as candidates, and it is thought from this number, together with the best of those already chosen, a freshman glee club can be picked out, which will compare most favorably with the clubs of former years...