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...Church Theological School, addressed the Christian Association in Holden Chapel last evening. He compared the Parable of the Pounds with that of the Talents. In the Parable of the Pounds the master is represented as rewarding his servants with valuable gifts. As he leaves home in search of new kingdoms he tells them that on his return each will be required to render an account of the manner in which he has spent his money. When he returns he learns that some of the servants have invested their wealth at interest and have made new fortunes. To these the master...
...more than this. Professor Hanus believes that no man, in search of a liberal education, can wholly overlook the subject of teaching. College men become leaders in their communities everywhere, and must, in large part, solve their problems. Among the problems of communities few are today receiving so much thought as that of public education. Some acquaintance with such problems and their most promising solutions is therefore a needed part of a well-rounded college course...
...lecture to be given before the Religious Union tonight deserves notice. Theosophy is a subject which has come to claim more and more attention in recent years, and, as the expression of a new method in the search for truth, to win the consideration of many of the most prominent living scientists. It is a subject which has so many suggestions to offer, that it can hardly afford to be neglected...
...complexity of our modern life. In college we have so many things to attend to that we cannot spare time to read for the sake of reading; when we leave college, we are more than likely to fall into the line of American gold-hunters, and in our search, to forget that the culture of which we have tasted will soon be blotted out unless we foster it. Yet we students are not half so busy as we imagine ourselves. Much that we do is busy idleness, and much of our time might be spent as pleasantly and much more...
...most prominent man of his time, although not much of an author. The fourth and last stage may be called the German period, although other countries have made nearly as much progress. It embraces the nineteenth century. Wolf was among the first to urge all to branch out and search for classical knowledge. Boeckh, the founder of the study of inscriptions, was another German who did much for Germany's classical school. Professor Allen closed by reviewing the various branches of classical study...