Word: sons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...service was opened with the singing of the anthem "Alla Trinita." Dr. Andrew P. Peabody preached the sermon from the text found in the forty-second verse of the twenty-second chapter of Matthew: "Whose son is he?" It is often possible to learn the traits of a father from a close knowledge of the character of a son. Christ himself said, "If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also," and in the life of Christ we have had a perfect likeness of God's goodness and purity. In these days the trouble is that those...
...racing shells have been ordered by the navy of E. Waters and Son, the well-known builders of Troy, N. Y. Contrary to the usual custom, the model for the shell to be used by the university crew and that for the freshman crew are exactly similar. The freshman shell is to be ready March 1, while the university shell will not be finished until a month after that time. Each boat is to be furnished with the most improved appliances, and when finished will cost about $400. It is a noticeable fact in the history of Yale-Harvard races...
...western college has a father and son in the graduating class, the father being 65 years old and the son...
...Stanford University, lately founded by Senator Stanford of California, and named after his son, Leland Stanford, jr., is now in process of construction. The amount of the donation is $20,000,000. The founder intends to establish a university town in connection with the university proper, the town to be restricted to the use of members of the university...
...play was first represented in 431 B. C., when it gained the third prize only, being judged inferior to the works of Sophocles and of Euphorion, the son of Aeschylus. This shows the comparative popularity of the authors more than the real literary merits of the pieces...