Word: sectarianism
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...such action should be taken by the students and that it should receive the sanction of any portion of the faculty, especially when it is known that a few administrations since the converting of the school into a feeder for one college and the giving to it a sectarian character, alienated the support of the Phillips family, which support has never since been recovered, and the loss of which has cost the institution a great deal of money. No matter with what ostensible object such a club should be formed, its ultimate purpose would be to increase the size...
...gratifying to learn of the establishment of class prayer-meetings in the University. We understand that these meeting are not for men of any particular belief or denomination, but for all men in college which feel an interest in religion, whatever their sectarian views may be. We believe that there is a place in the University for such meetings, for although the Y. M. C. A. and St. Paul's Society are helpful to many, there are doubtless many men in college who are truly religious, and who feel the need of some religious association with their fellows...
...leading article, which is rather insufficient, Professor Shaler speaks of the great growth of the smaller colleges of America, due to local, sectional, sectarian and pecuniary reasons. These small colleges, he says, although poorly equipped in laboratories and libraries, are usually strongly supported by a small, enthusiastic body of alumni. "'Tis a small college, your Honor," said Webster in the Dartmouth trial, "but we love her!" This sentiment and these men Mr. Shaler would attract to Harvard, by offering scholarships or presentations to be controlled by the faculty of the smaller college, and awarded to deserving graduates. The university could...
...first two causes are, or should be, easily removable. The offensive lines were not directed at Princeton, as they were interpreted, but at the general consternation now prevailing among sectarian institutions. As for the second complaint, it was impossible twice to bestow a degree upon Dr. McCosh, and Professor Young's absence from the anniversary, we understand, cost...
This can be done, first, by all classes of citizens uniting in choosing school boards of liberal character, who will see to it that nothing sectarian be admitted into the teaching of any branch or in any regulation, and secondly, by having only one session, closing at one o'clock, so that pupils may devote their afternoons to their catechism or to whatever their parents wish...