Word: said
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Gordon said: The supreme function of Christianity is the increase in righteousness of life. You who have passed here four years of your life must have often asked yourselves, "What is the greatest thing in this world" And after these years of questionings, the conclusion is forced upon you, that it is the duty of each man to see to it that his own life shall rise to its greatest spiritual height...
During the past two years, in seeking for the causes of football defeats, Harvard men have sometimes said that, as a result of the damp, so-called unhealthy condition of Soldiers Field, the teams have bee in poor physical shape for the important games. For the past year or more there has been a good deal written and said about the matter, although very few have had any definite knowledge of the health conditions of the field. As a natural result, many exaggerated and false stories have found their way into the newspapers and unfortunately the belief has gained ground...
...committee went to the source of this information and found that the man who said that he saw "a prominent member of the class of 1898" do the painting denies that there is any truth in the statement. Furthermore, we have as yet found no one that knows who did the painting...
After the painting of John Harvard's statue some years ago, people said: "Yes-Harvard men win a game and then paint their founder's statue." Graduates and undergraduates alike felt the disgrace deeply, but it did seem as if such a misdemeanor would never occur again...
...coached the crew exclusively, but Mr. Cook, J. O. Rodgers '98 and H. B. Wilcox '98, who have had the freshmen in hand from time to time, have all expressed their satisfaction at the showing of the crew up to the present time. Mr. Cook has said that the crew was a powerful one, better than last year's freshman, and that it was a crew in which he could place his confidence. He expects them to make an excellent showing in the coming race...