Word: recording
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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According to the Record the Yale class of '76 enjoys an unenviable reputation at New Haven. A "distinguished citizen" recently referred to them as follows...
...Record is extremely religious again, having apparently fallen into the hands of embryo theologians. It has a great deal to say about a new chapel which has just been erected at Yale. It is liberal enough to suggest that required attendance at prayers be dispensed with, as it appears to think that the strength of the religious convictions of the students would secure the presence of a large number at every exercise. The longest editorial in the paper is directed against the heinous sin of Sabbath-breaking, which appears to be startlingly prevalent in New Haven. It appears that...
...Wadsworth tells of a curious visit made to this College in July, 1680, by two Dutchmen from Friesland. They were Jasper Dankers and Peter Sluyter, who were making a tour in several American colonies, and made the following record in their diary...
...Yale papers have assumed a very religious tone. The Record has become almost High-Church in its views of life. It has determined to mortify the flesh, during the "Lenten season," by refraining from its habitual "pastime of gentle reproof and delicate personalities." Any one who is familiar with the columns of the Record will at once appreciate the extent of its self-denial...
...future historian, seeking information concerning the manners and customs of the Yale undergraduate in the year of grace 1876, will find the Courant of February 12 a mine of information on the subject. For some time past both the Record and the Courant have been greatly excited over a prospective event, which is called in New Haven the "Junior Promenade." This "Promenade" has finally taken place, and from the account which the Courant gives of it we are led to infer that polite society is not the sphere for which the Yale man was created. "We would (sic) like," says...