Word: turned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there, for there are few men indeed who do not, every day, wish for help that their lives may be more successful, and who do not know that they need more point than they have to make their lives succeed. Few men, indeed, who do not in every day turn aside from mere grinding or mere play to ask what life is for, and how it can be made better. Let more men determine to meet here when the bell rings for chapel, that together they may meditate and resolve and together they may ask the God of all strength...
...watermanship of the crew is not good. The oars do not catch the water quickly enough, and the blades begin to turn before the stroke is finished. The feather is uneven. As a whole the bodo work is good. But the men do not use their legs enough and break their arms too soon. There is also a tendency to rush the recover...
Single working boats are in great demand at this time, and as there is only one serviceable single belonging to the Boat Club, men have to wait patiently for their turn to use it. A number of good singles are very much needed...
...reference to the photographs of the senior and freshman classes, which were taken last week, the Cambridge Tribune speaks as follows: "Of course it was to be expected that the dignified seniors would be photographed in sober silence, but when the freshmen's turn came the vast difference between Harvard and other colleges was immediately apparent, a difference which Harvard considers greatly to its credit, but which would be unheard of elsewhere. The freshmen sat quietly in their places and had their photographs taken as if it was a matter of course. There was not a sophomore to be seen...
...series of sermons on the "Formation of Character." His subject was the connection between being and doing, between our religious belief and our active work in life. The last quarter of a century has witnessed a revolution in the methods of church work. The churches have begun to turn their attention to the needs of the times, education, foreign missions, prison reforms and temperance instead of wrangling over creeds and opinions. So we, too, must apply our beliefs to the affairs of life, for only by so doing can we make them and ourselves of use in the world...