Word: question
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...life must feed, into the fuller and fuller relation to God, and universal human life which can alone make her and keep her what she ought to be. Let us see, with a hurried glance at some points in her history, whether there is any light upon the question which must rest heavily on many of her children's minds...
...open of the tight compact body of technical sainthood. Increase Mather, the great exponent of the genius and nature out of which the college sprang, published on the 1st of March, 1700, his "Order of the Gospel Justified." "Sundry ministers of the Gospel in New England" answered him. The question was who should be counted true subjects of the Christian sacraments. When Increase Mather, with his son Cotton was defeated, it was a sign that the earnestness which existed in human life at-large had made itself felt within the church, and that the hard, close envelope of church discipline...
...upon below, were highly successful, and the number present was almost unprecedented. The foot-ball game, in reality a game of "wallowing," was played with pluck by both teams. The steady play of the men was especially noticeable when it is remembered that fast running was out of the question, good tackling extremely difficult, and sure kicking absolutely impossible. A steady down-pour of rain can hardly conduce to success in any athletic contest, especially when that contest is one of foot-ball...
...Harvard Union held its second debate at Sever Hall last evening on the question, "Resolved, that the safety of the country calls for additional restrictions upon immigration." On the affirmative Messes. Chenowith '88, and Heseltine, '88, were the principal disputants against Messrs. Shoemaker, '89, and Proctor, '89, on the negative. After these gentlemen had finished, the debate was thrown open to the house and interesting discussions ensued. The vote taken was as follows: On the merits of the question, affirmative, 29; negative, 14; on the arguments of the principal disputants, affirmative, 21; negative, 45; and on the debate...
...question has been raised why the route of the torch-light procession does not lie in Boston? Why the students should not accommodate their Boston friends by visiting that city instead of simply marching through provincial Cambridge? We need only say in the first place that the procession was not originated as a form of amusement for the inhabitants of any particular section, and in the second place that to transfer the scene of the celebration to Boston would render the whole occasion ridiculous. Here the college was founded, here should its foundation be celebrated. Any idea which regards...