Word: recently
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...resulted in much practical good work of a non-sectarian kind, such as visiting the poor, etc. A Church Congress has been formed in Great Britain to carry on this work on a larger scale. Another result has been the united action of all the English churches at a recent election in securing the use of the bible in the English common schools...
...Faculty have not yet decided as to what penalty will be imposed upon the freshman classes in view of their conduct at the recent Promenade Concert. It is not thought, however, that they will go so far as to deprive the classes of any athletic privileges, the general impression being that a denial of the privilege of holding a sophomore german in 1896 will be the only penalty which the classes will be made to suffer...
...gratifying to see the increase in recent years in the number of boys coming from Andover. More came from Andover this year than in any other year within the last twenty-five. Andover was originally a Harvard school exclusively, but has for a long time been primarily a Yale school. It has at times been impossible to fit for Harvard at Andover, but now there is every opportunity for such preparation there and Harvard is rapidly regaining its hold. Recently Principal Bancroft said that there will be more boys coming from Andover next year than this year, and the indications...
...name of "College of New Jersey," which officially belongs to Princeton, has so utterly fallen into disuse, that it is hoped to get it dropped even officially. The feeling on this subject is suggested in a recent Princetonian editorial...
...Football has of course been the most recent topic of discussion before the Faculty, and the wildest rumors have from time to time started about contemplated action. The matter has not yet been settled. It is before the Faculty in the form of a motion to prohibit all games at or near New York. It is thought that the most radical action that will be taken will be the shortening of the season by perhaps a week, so that the last game shall be played at the latest a week before Thanksgiving. But even as much action as this...