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...recent decision of the President and Fellows in regard to voluntary attendance at prayers, shows that this policy still lacks something of completeness; and we hope that the next annual report will be devoted to an historical review of the progress in religious discipline for sixty years-say from 1826, when the study of Hebrew, from being prescribed, became optional. This seems already necessary in order to justify an alarming innovation in the Divinity School, where also the pxan of freedom is sounded by President Eliot. The Dean of the school calls special attention to the fact that "marks...
TUG-OF-WAR.The final event of the meeting was the tug-of-war between eighty-six and eighty-five. For this event the floor was, for a wonder, kept entirely clear, so that the spectators experienced no difficulty in watching the progress of the contest. The signal cord was operated by Mr. Sexton, '84, and the word was given by Mr. Morison, '83. Some time was consumed in getting a fair start, but when the word was finally given both teams came down with an even drop. By repeated heaves the ribbon was brought over to the '86 side...
...Atlantic Monthly for April is a remarkable number. Its serials by Craddock, Mrs. Oliphant, and Miss Jewett progress well, and Dr. Holmes adds to "The New Portfolio." The papers on Madame Mohl are also continued, and an essay on "Lime in Shakspeare's Plays," by Henry A. Clapp, forms a pendant to a former article. "George Frederick Handel: 1685-1885," by John S. Dwight; "Political Economy and Civil War," by J. Lawrence Laughlin; "Fate Dominant," by F. R. Stockton; "An Unclassified Philosopher," a sketch; and a paper on the sparrow, by Olive Thorne Miller, are the other attractions...
...which two were ladies, and an interesting series of early examples of musical art was given, comprising sextetts, quartets and solos. The lecturer began by sketching the rise of the art of music from the earliest times. Music properly so called is the youngest of the fine arts. Its progress is traceable to four different sources-the Christian church music, the troubadours, the opera oratorio, etc., of the 17th century, and lastly the rise of modern instrumental music. Harmony was unknown in the earliest music; scales and notation were introduced, but the first experiment of harmony was made...
...laborer, the ignorant and idle citizen, may cry out for common living, for community of money, property, government, and even brains; but the college student is able to realize that two classes are the law of nature; that the instructor and the instructed are both necessary to life and progress; and he demands only that he may be allowed some share in the government of all that directly concerns and interests himself. He does not ask for an equal share; all that he wants is some share where now he has none...