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...Christian, and though few of us can agree with him in his radical ideas, we must all acknowledge that his conception of the relations of all matters, spiritual and physical, and his views of life and duty are the product of one of the deepest minds of the age. The article is well written, abounding in quotations, and will fully repay a careful reading. "Gottfried Seumer - a Poet among the Hessians," by Dr. Conrad Bierwirth is a very interesting article. Its attraction consists not so much in the information about the poet as in his interesting historical connections...
...must remember that the training we get here makes our character in after life and that wasting time brings nothing but misery in old age, for we must all have responsibility thrown upon us at some time. Through routine alone we get satisfaction. Prof. Briggs then quoted a short selection from Wordsworth. Mr. Craft, editor of the "Christian Statesman" of Pittsburg, said a few words upon fidelity of college work...
...charge of a large church, he made his avocation the conduct of the editorial chair in the North American Review. This work he carried on for five years before giving it up to devote himself to his many other interests. He was always active and in his old age was an example of pluck and energy. Every where people looked up to him and as a leader in religious communion none was more widely known or more honored than...
...Harvard athletes. The object of college training is not to turn out Kilrains and Sullivans, but to sharpen the intellect and broaden the man. There was a day when the plumes of the knight adorned the cap that crowned the strongest knots of brawn, but that was an age coeval with bull-fights and duels. No person with refined sensibilities can look upon a modern game of foot-ball, with all its cruelly, and feel that it is in keeping with our civilization...
...words of eulogy for Phillips Brooks, said he, have scarcely died away, when again we are gathered to mourn for one of Harvard's great men. Brooks was a man of the new age, accepting its haste, imbibing its fervor, rejoicing in its problems; Peabody was of an earlier generation, at home within academic walk, the embodiment of serenity and peace, a noble example of simplicity, sincerity, and unworldliness...