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...McPherson spoke next. He gave his impressions of religious life at Harvard from the standpoint of an outsider. He also spoke of the social aspect of the association, as well as its practical position in college life...
...Herron is an apostle of social reform from the standpoint of Christian Idealism. The church, the state, man, human relations are Christian only as they embody a sacrificial quality of life. The whole social order is measured and tested from the standpoint of sacrifice. In the application of this doctrine, Dr. Herron is logical and unflinching. His results are, in certain cases, extreme, and to some, his conclusions seem even to be unsafe. But the directness of his teaching, his earnestness, his insight and his eloquence give him a large hearing wherever he speaks. He has travelled all through...
From a technical standpoint, Messrs. Scribner have made a beautiful book. The cover design by Gibson is admirable...
Leaving out the last inning, the game was very well played indeed from a Harvard standpoint. In the last inning none of them seemed to care, especially Ames, the pitcher, whose arm was pretty well weakened by this time...
Howard Erskine White next spoke and said that the question, although it bore directly on practical matters, was by its statement, hypothetical. He affirmed the advantages of the system from the standpoint of equity and experience. Men by their inability to come up to the property qualification show their incapability to take part in government...