Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Freshman Crew.The first two freshman crews rowed about 500 strokes yesterday. The men did not seem to hold out well owing, probably, to the unusually hard work of the day before. The two new candidates have not progressed far enough in learning the stroke to make it possible to say anything with regard to their ability...
...paragraphs in The Nation of December 20, 1894, making the fifty-three 'immortals' whose names are inscribed on the drum of the dome of the new House of Representatives in Boston a text for emphasizing the influence of college-bred men, are wholesome reading, and seem to have been much commented on in college journals. They have called to my mind an investigation made some years ago to ascertain what proportion of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and of the framers of the Constitution were college-bred...
...clergymen attended. Last summer the attendance was over 2500. The Conference was immediately successful in bringing together men of all denominations and in extending their views of other beliefs. The conclusion has been reached by many that the belief of every sect and denomination, however distorted it may seem to the outside world, is founded on some great truth and that its upholders firmly believe themselves right...
...study, in all colleges. Mere knowledge amounts to nothing beside the possession of true life. So what we are looking for in college is the truth of God, that having found it we may know Him and live in Him the eternal life. How dignified it makes life seem to think that our life is really in God, that He is living in us. It should make life seem to us a very holy thing and make every one try to live worthily that he may live...
...hundred and fiftieth anniversary will be celebrated. We hope that at that occasion in addition to the signs of prosperity and usefulness which will probably be shown, and in addition to changes that may be inaugurated looking to a widening of our sphere of influence, it may seem best to start the new era by adopting as official, what is already the real name - Princeton University...