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...always been in the scheme of the university. It will not take up at all the philology or literature of the languages, but will be devoted entirely to equipping men with what is needful for scientific work. Dr. Camille Reid, the head of the department, is a German by birth, and is well fitted for the place he occupies, as he speaks French, German and Italian. The method of instruction used will be largely conversational...
...Imagine the 8,000,000 of children actually in attendance at the elementary schools of the country brought before your view. Each unit of that mass speaks of a glad birth, a brightened home, a mother's pondering heart, a father's careful joy. In all that multitude every little heart bounds and every eye shines at the name of Washington...
...observance of Easter day has always been kept. At a time when the christian would not even observe the day of the birth of Christ, the day of His birth and resurrection into immortal life was sacred. In our day we may observe the resurrection of Christ as an historical fact-he may be risen in our opinions, but not in our lives. We are apt to confound real life and real death. The truths of the New Testament are not always before us; we do not realize that we may be in the best of health...
...third edition of the Alumni Records of Wesleyan has just been published and is the fullest work of the kind which has ever appeared. Not only is the name, time of birth and death of the student given, but his place of birth, where he prepared for college, his class and rank in college, his subsequent career, and if the man is dead, the place of his death, and the name and address of a near relative. It also states his honors and degrees, if any, and if the man has married, when, where, and to whom, number of children...
...Chapel was well filled yesterday afternoon at the Vesper Service. The Rev. Dr. Gordon conducted the meeting and after the reading of the nineteenth Psalm, gave a short sermon. He took as his text the incident of Mary being excluded from the inn prior to Christ's birth. He said if men would only consent to come into real contact with Christianity it would have the effect of an electric battery, establishing a complete sovereignty in their thought, interest, and being. The choir sang the anthems, "It came upon the midnight clear," by Sullivan; "Thus said the Lord," from...