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...fits him to describe the inside life of the school. The Hampton Institute, which was opened by General Armstrong, has probably done more for the education of the colored youth in the South, and of the Indians than any other institution in the country. Students who have the opportunities afforded by an institution like Harvard, with its traditions and its long line of well-known graduates, are apt to forget that work just as noble, if not so prominent, is being done by smaller institutions which deal with humbler classes of people. Lectures on subjects like this tend to broaden...
...criticism, surely it is time that men recognized the fact; but, in realty, it is triumphant over crititism and proves its claim to be the book most useful and helpful to humanity. It is a book that is full of strength and encouragement for everyone, and no man can afford to neglect it. The activity of the student is ever profitable but never more so than when his attention is directed to the Bible...
...Lecture Studies are intended to stimulate and direct reading and studying along the lines of literature, history, and science. The lectures are accompanied by printed outlines which indicate the parallel study to be carried on by the students at home. Weekly exercises are prepared outside of the lectures and afford subject for discussion in the lecture room. Certificates are given to students who complete work in this department, according to the number of courses taken...
...conventionalities. Though one should never be a "clothes loving man," as Carlyle calls the "Dandy;" still you owe it to your friends and to your position in society to conform to the customs of refined society. True economy demands good clothes of quiet colors and patterns, unless you can afford an assortment. The rough cheviots, if composed of two distinct shades, one quite dark and the other light, will nearly always look poorly when the rough surface wears off; the best wearing colors are without contrasting shades. The blue and black cheviots and Oxford mixtures are excellent on the ground...
...conventionalities. Though one should never be a "clothes loving man," as Carlyle calls the "Dandy;" still you own it to your friends and to your position in society to conform to the customs of refined society. True economy demands good clothes of quiet colors and patterns, unless you can afford and assortment. The rough cheviots, if composed of two distinct shades, one quite dark and the other light, will nearly always look poorly when the rough surface wears off; the best wearing colors are without contrasting shades. The blue and black cheviots and Oxford mixtures are excellent on the ground...