Word: searchings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...custom honored by time alone is that of spending the first three weeks of the fall term in a delirious search for possible courses. Many men return to College with a vague idea of what courses they intend to take, and base their final choice on a round of visits made at a time when it is exceedingly difficult to judge the value of a course...
...returned from a six months' trip in Labrador and North Newfoundland, where his work consisted largely of exploration, and where in the course of the summer he covered many hundred miles of seacoast and penetrated far into the interior using reindeer as pack animals. The expedition was mainly in search of young caribou, to be captured alive and brought to a post of the Deep Sea Fishermen's Mission at St. Anthony, Newfoundland, in the hope of introducting them into a large herd of domestic reindeer...
...Mission" will be given in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow at 8 o'clock. Mr. Barr has just returned from a six month's trip in Labrador and North Newfoundland, where he worked with Dr. Grenfell. The particular purpose of Mr. Barr's expedition was a search for young caribou to be taken alive in the hope that they might be domesticated and so become of use to the summer, he covered hundreds of miles of seacoast and penetrated far into the interior of the country, coming in close contact with the natives...
...profession are its breadth, its depth, and its height. To scholars its opportunities are great for writing, for leading national religious thought, and for teaching in theological schools. It is thought that a narrow line of thought is prescribed for ministers, but this is not the case. The search for new truth is encouraged and its results are gladly received on all sides. As a schoolmaster, the minister is given an opportunity to develop in young men the qualities of spiritual manhood. As a missionary, he can exert a powerful influence in molding the future civilization of the east...