Word: spoke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...held its first social meeting of the year in the association rooms in Lawrence hall last evening. The object of the meeting was to afford old and incoming members an opportunity of getting acquainted with each other. The meeting was addressed by Professor Palmer. He spoke in a very helpful way of the association work, its benefits, and how they may be improved; its dangers and how they may be successfully met; and of the purpose which should animate every member as an individual and as one of an association. After Professor Palmer, Rev. Mr. McKennan, of Manchester, Eng, spoke...
...service at Appleton chapel last evening was conducted by Dr. Francis G. Peabody. He took his text from the eighth chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans, the nineteenth and twentieth verses. He spoke of the element of personal responsibility which underlies and controls development, considering the thought in its relations to home, to society, to government, to the university life, of which we are a part, and finally to man himself. The choir sang Hopkin's anthem, "Lift up your heads," Stainer's, "Blessed be the Man," and Brown's "Thy sun shall no more go down...
...lecturer spoke as foilows: The Mahabharata, the grandest poem in Indian literature, dates back about 2000 years. It is a mere jumble of episodes, some tedious, some ridiculous, and some as noble and musical as the best parts of Homer. The poem contains 220.000 lines, with 18,000 supplementary ones, and is held in such high honor by Indians that it is learned by heart. The Indians sit around some Brahmin, and consider it one of the greatest boons to listen to him recite episode after episode. The metre is easily mastered and therefore easily imitated; this quality...
Turning to the intellectual side of the life, he spoke of the policy of the college-liberty of choice in intellectual pursuits, and freedom of discipline. This policy is distinctive of Harvard. While it insures to the individual the highest degree of freedom, it throws upon him a personal responsibility which must be met. Upon the students ultimately depends the success of the policy which the faculty regards as wisest. Continuing, he discussed the habits of study which can be most profitably followed in college and which, when formed, will prove most valuable in after life; also, the need...
...year was held in Appleton Chapel, The service was opened, with prayer by Dean Lawrence of the Divinity school, followed by a portion of the scriptures and prayer by Dr. Peabody. The sermon, on a text taken from Proverbs, was delivered by by Rev. George A. Gordon. Mr. Gordon spoke mainly of the tendency which exists in most people, when surrounded by difficulties, to wish the difficulties removed rather than to try to gain strength to overcome the difficulties. Following the sermon, were short addresses by Rev. Theodore C. Williams, and Rev. Phillips Brooks, relating chiefly to the coming year...