Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...chapters of Paul's epistles are always full of practical suggestions and sound principles, and are very helpful to everyone. This passage suggests three thoughts: First, breadth of Christian service. This is a practical age, and the pressure towards earnest and exacting work is so great that many men seem to find little time for religious work. But they make their great mistake in thinking that going to church is the only religious work to be done. Everything that we do is done unto the Lord, if it is done in the proper spirit. Put the stamp of the Lord...
...time; second, those that come to us from the south in summer; third, those that come from the north in autumn; fourth, those that pass through in the migrations; and fifth the stragglers. Naturalists have never been able satisfactorily to explain the regular migrations of birds. It does not seem probable that they are influenced by cold as they are so well protected by their thick covering of feathers and fat, and by a very rapid circulation. Then many of the most delicate birds spend the winter in the north and suffer no ill effects. Some naturalists explain...
...article is called "An Old English Township," and in it he describes some of the curious changes and chances which have entered into the history of the little settlement of Singleton, in Lancashire. The description has a delightful simplicity of manner and a charming lightness of touch that seem almost to give one a whiff of the very breath of the English country air. No one could give such a description better than Mr. Herford, for a truly English sympathy with country life is one of his most lovable characteristics...
About 25 men are in regular training for the freshman nine now. The practice consists in stopping grounders and sliding bases in the cage, then light dumbbell exercise and a short run. Many of the men are very good on grounders, but few seem to know anything about sliding. The ground in the cage has been softened and evened and is in much better condition than it was at first. The candidates for the battery are doing work under C. Downer, L. S., and are fully equal to the average freshman batteries. On the whole there is a prospect...
...constant appearance of new songs, the old ones are apt to be set aside. In the interest over the novelty of the new comers the old songs which were beginning to take a firm hold on the memories of the college are sometimes forgotten. Conservatism in college music may seem a very insignificant matter, but it is just one of those little things which keep up a warm feeling for the college There is little enough college tradition now to connect the present students with those who have gone before them. "Fair Harvard" can do a good deal...