Word: young
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...young writer moved to Bath where he was educated. At the age of fifteen, he could write Greek and Latin, and two years afterwards spoke the ancient, languages fluently. Soon he borrowed five pounds and plunged into the unknown world. He wandered to Wales and there lived as a literary vagabond. In a short time, he was discovered and removed by friends. In October 1803, he went to Worcester College, Oxford, and sought neither friends nor university honors. The exposure and privations which he had previously experienced drove him to the demoralizing habit of eating opium, the source...
...conference of presidents-elect of the Young Men's Christian Associations held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday by the Harvard Association is significant in the history of the college Y. M. C. A. Representatives from nearly all of the New England colleges and from many of the preparatory schools were present. It was the first organized attempt to promote the interests of students' Christian Associations in this part of the country. The representatives were for the most part presidents-elect of their various societies. The chief object of bringing them together into one body was to gather as large...
Temptation he said was the greatest subject on which to speak to young men They most need help need to be shown how to contend against this inevitable enemy; for temptation is the necessary experience, of every one, a personal characteristic, as a walk or a laugh. It follows everywhere. It cuts off a man in a moment from all his friends, picks off the best and the greatest But it is hard to conted with for there is no one to blame or applaud if you fail or succeed against...
...must put off, until he knows all truth, the practice of that which he already knows. he gave a vivid portrayal of the attempts of missionaries to correct the cannibals of the pacific Islands. It is men like these that move the world, and their spirit is what young men need...
Question: "Resolved, That the Executive Council of Massachusetts ought to be immediately abolished." Principal Disputants. - Affirmative: J. Wiggin and F. L. Young. - Negative: S. M. Ballou and A. F. Crosby. Open to all students of the University...