Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Arrangements have been made for the accommodation of the crew while in England. They will be quartered in a quiet club house near Henley during the entire stay. The Grosvenor Club of London, which has grounds at Henley, has granted the privileges of the club to the crew, and a prominent boating men has offered to look after the shells. Thirteen men will be taken over and Mr. Robert J. Cook '76 will accompany them as coach. Two shells, exactly similar to those used by Yale for the past ten years, will be taken along. A careful canvass has been...
...convincing. At the start they defined the point at issue clearly, and throughout the debate they adhered closely to their original proposition, digressing only when it was necessary to in order to combat the arguments of their opponents. Without an appearance of ranting, the Harvard men spoke with quiet, straightforward eloquence, and had the close attention of the large audience while they were speaking. It was not, however, by any means a walkover, for Princeton's representatives had a very strong case and made a creditable showing. The Harvard men feeling perhaps that they had the weaker side...
...account of petty dispute between two nations in which he firmly believes we have no right whatever to interfere? Shall he join in the hue and cry and encourage by his example what he believes to be an unrighteous cause, or shall he use his influence to quiet the agitation and to induce men to cry for peace? Are Cobden and Bright now called traitors to their country because they raised their voices against the Crimean war in 1854? Is James Russell Lowell called unpatriotic because he denounced our own Mexican war in his satiric verse? Have we forgotten...
...Dudley came to Harvard College there were in New England a number of French Huguenots driven into exile by the edict of Nantes. The story of their sufferings on account of their faith awakened the sympathy of the New Englanders. The Indian massacres, which wrought such havoc on the quiet New England settlements, were believed to be instigated by the Jesuit priests in Canada. These facts account for Judge Dudley's bitterness toward the Catholics...
...existing in a large University. To the intensely religious temperament Appleton Chapel gives an opportunity to worship in an atmosphere which has been characterized by Professor Drummond as the most truly religious he had met with. To the thoughtful though less emotional nature it affords a few minutes of quiet reflection which cannot but be of benefit as a respite from the absorbing activities of University life...