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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Francis G. Peabody next spoke on the religious side of college life. He gave a humorous description of compulsory prayers and explained at some length the present system. He strongly urged all to uphold voluntary prayers. He closed his remarks with the story of the student, who being warned that Harvard was irreligious, replied that he wouldn't be harmed, since he never attended chapel...
Prayers since 1886 have undergone a great change and from being a compulsory duty have become a voluntary custom. They form an important side of our college life, being a marked and standing custom since the institution of the University. Because they are voluntary, they should not be cast aside and neglected; they make an excellent and earnest beginning of the day's work, and we are growing nowadays to find too seldom even a few moments for prayer and meditation. Although we shall have regretable losses in the Board of Preachers for this year the new comers...
...been so marked during the past year that in spite of the addition made last summer to Fay House, the need of more room is now very pressing. To satisfy this need, an ell about 30 by 60 feet and three stories high is being built on the west side of the present building. The whole first floor will be fitted up as a little theatre, with the stage on the west side, and the dressing room under the stage. On the second floor there will be a large lecture room, and on the third floor two lecture rooms...
...entrance to the Gymnasium will be at the main entrance, and the exit at the side facing the Common...
Malcolm Chase, the Interscholastic champion defeated C. R. Budlong on Thursday in the East Side Tennis Club tennis tournament at Providence. The match lasted three days and nine sets and 101 games were played...