Word: secretly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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GLOBE THEATRE.- "The Dark Secret...
...George A. Gordon preached in the chapel last evening from the text found in the 91st Psalm: "He that dwelleth in the secret places of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." The striking comparisons of the Psalm were enlarged upon by the speaker. Evil is likened to a snare. As the hare speeding along its accustomed path is caught suddenly in the noose of the hunter, so human beings are assailed unawares through their desires and habits by temptations of every kind Again, evil is like a pestilence. Society is filled with moral corruption...
...Harvard Annex, for the establishment of a fund, the income of which is to be devoted to a prize scholarship for the "Harvard examination of women." The gift was made through the medium of the N. Y. Evening Post, but the giver has kept his name a secret. The examinations to the support of which the fund is given, are instituted under the direction of Harvard University, and the young ladies who pass them are given a certificate as a testimony of their ability. This certificate is accepted in place of entrance examinations in the chief colleges for women...
Here is the secret, which, it is to be hoped, other professors will soon discover. Give the men your confidence in the examination room and they will not abuse...
...little more to heart there would be a great change for the better in our scholastic institutions, in our athletics, and in our morals. We think that the president brought out the real truth in this matter in his lecture Monday evening. He spoke of the follies of secret societies which make a parade of the men who are going through a process of initiation, saying that now young men of nineteen are pleased with the nonsense which formerly was conducted by boys just beginning their teens. He knows that public opinion here at heart despises such puerility. Yet that...