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...chapel last evening from the text found in the 91st Psalm: "He that dwelleth in the secret places of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." The striking comparisons of the Psalm were enlarged upon by the speaker. Evil is likened to a snare. As the hare speeding along its accustomed path is caught suddenly in the noose of the hunter, so human beings are assailed unawares through their desires and habits by temptations of every kind Again, evil is like a pestilence. Society is filled with moral corruption so that it is a miracle...
According to the News, a tambourine and snare drum have been added to the Yale orchestra...
...candidates for the Brass Band met last night in Mr. Hood's room. Horns' sputtered and cornets' wheezed, and all the north entry of Weld was kept unhappy for a couple of hours. Among the instruments, two trombones, and an E flat Helicon did the most execution. A snare-drum solo by Mr. Morrison was extremely sad and touching, - many wept. The band starts this year under the able lead of Mr. Burbank, with brilliant prospects. It has foresworn "chestnuts" and promises an entirely new repertoire: its only need at present is a few more altos, and anyone...
...little time to devote to collateral reading, and is only allowed by pressure of circumstances to gather a list of those books which he deems it his duty to read subsequently when he shall possess more leisure. But if this is neglected, the student falls into the ever ready snare of summer reading. The inadequacy of college life for many of our higher intellectual needs has at length come to be recognized, and several of the instructors have directed their attention to courses of reading to be pursued by the students during the summer vacation. No instruction of the university...
Cambridge in the vicinity of the college yard is now disturbed almost nightly by campaign enthusiasts with torches, gaudy uniforms and snare drums...