Word: similarity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Moslems have a belief similar to our Second Adventism. There were twelve Imams, the last of whom was expected to restore the Caliphate to the family of the prophet, and to bring universal peace. The last Imam, however, was born and died but things went on as before. His adherents then said that he was not really dead, but would return again and complete his work as El Mahdi, "he who is guided by God." Many have taken this title, but all have eventually met with defeat and death. The present Mahdi owes his success to a series of fortunate...
...annual contests between the sophomores and freshmen, in which all of both classes took part. They were always held on Bloody Monday night on the Delta, where Memorial Hall now stands. They were abolished many years ago and survive now only in the mild form of rushes. A similar custom prevailed at Yale between 1840 and 1858, the games being played on the City Green...
...conceded by boating authorities that a tank is indispensable for the success of our crew. The announcement, therefore, that efforts are being made to build a tank here, similar to the one used by the candidates for the Yale crew during the past two years, will doubtless be hailed with satisfaction throughout the college. Permission to build a tank in Hemenway gymnasium has been refused, but there is no reason why one cannot be constructed in the old gymnasium on the delta opposite Memorial Hall. The building is now useless, except as a storehouse for all sorts of rubbish...
...editors of the Lehigh Burr are excused from literary work in their courses similar to that performed by them in their connection with the paper...
...number of Outing contains several interesting articles on out door life and sport. College men will take particular interest in "The Progress of Athletism," by C. Turner, which is an account of the growth of ath etics in the English universities. The announcement is made of a series of similar articles on athletics in the leading American colleges, beginning with Harvard, in the next number. There are also sketches of "Base Ball in Australia," by Harry Palmer, and "The New York Yacht Club Cruise of '88," is well illustrated...