Word: todays
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Number seven of Volume XLVI of the Advocate which will appear today is of more interest to seniors as a memento of their class dinner than to the college at large. The editorials occupy less space than usual, and are not quite up to the high standard of the past issues under the present board. This is explainable by the dearth of topics which necessitates the selection of the "would-be bloods" as an editorial subject...
...Nazareth and of His seeming powerlessness to do many wonderful deeds then on account of the unbelief of the people, the speaker turned to examine the reasons for the slow progress the world has made since Christ's time in realizing the ideal of true Christianity. The chief trouble today is that there is an almost universal skepticism as to the possibility of perfect spirituality, of complete subjection to God's law. Earnest men may work an immense deal of good, but wonderful works are few because men doubt the power of Christ to regenerate the world from its very...
...junior crew will not row today...
...idea suggested by a correspondent in today's issue in regard to the establishment of a new class in sparring, will meet with the approval of us all. There are so few heavyweights in college that a bout in this class is growing to rarity in the winter meetings. Consequently a new class has almost become a necessity and would be very acceptable at the present time. But in addition to a reason which emanates from a desire to witness more sparring, there is a growing feeling among the lighter men that it is manifestly unfair to match two contestants...
...Really to live in Cambridge, without running into Boston once or twice a day, as an undergraduate may today, made a different thing of college life. I remember that Newton, in my class, told me, the day we graduated, that he had been at every chapel exercise and every college exercise since the day he entered. When I expressed my amazement, he said quietly, "Why should not I have done this? I had nothing to do in Boston as you had, with your home there. Cambridge was my home. If I lived in Cambridge, I might as well...