Word: saints
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Chapel, attracted a large crowd. The service was conducted by Professor Francis G. Peabody assisted by Rev. William Lawrence of Cambridge. The choir was strengthened by the university glee club, giving in all a chorus of over fifty voices. They sang "Domine Salvam Fac," by Gounod, "Ave Verum," by Saint-Saens, and a Harvest Anthem "Ye Shall Dwell in the Land," by Stanier, the first two pieces for men's voices. Professor Peabody delivered an interesting address based on the figure of a shepherd leading his flocks so often used in the Bible. He applied the simile to our modern...
...music sung by the choir was of a high order and included the following anthems: "Behold, how Good and Joyful," by Clark-Whitfield; "Av' Verum," by Saint-Saeus; "Jubilate" by Smart...
...with a present of money. In the eleventh the narrator sees the same rascal making a pious speech at a funeral, by which he manages to collect a considerable sum from the sorrowing relatives. In the last one of the series the fellow repents and becomes a noted saint, carrying with him into his new pursuit the same eloquence which had served him so well in his former life. Mr. Jewett explained carefully the many allusions to Arabic poetry and traditions, and illustrated the incidents by his own knowledge of the customs of the East...
Yale's victory over Princeton in football is commemorated in the Banner by a large cut of St. Elihu standing over a slain tiger, whose blood forms a pool at the saint's feet...
...Verum, Saint Saens...