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...There is certain crises in everyone's life when a halt has to be called; the past must be reviewed and the future surveyed. It is the moment before the great struggle, the grand opportunity for a rally. Such a crisis has the class of Ninety-one reached. Therefore in this discourse let us recall the past with reference to the future and so be more vigorous, more intelligent and more truly ambitious in the new life...
...considerable success of this department in providing students of the University with the training which fits them for professional work has led to demands upon it which can only be met by certain additions to the teaching force. The money which may be given for this fund will be altogether devoted to the payment of three of four assistants and instructors, whose services will greatly extend the range and value of the instruction...
...this there have been five Bible classes, with an average attendance of thirty men. The Foreign Missionary Committee has met once a week, since March, to study foreign fields. The purpose of the socials has been the promotion of good fellowship among the members, and has succeeded to a certain extent. The work carried on outside of the University has been surprisingly large. Nearly every Sunday men have gone in bands of from three to five to visit sailors on vessels in port, holding such services as are suited to the occasion. Deputations have conducted services in the City Hospital...
...addition he asked the directors to consider what the probable effect of a new hall would be on Memorial. He mentioned the fact that twelve tables have remained non-club tables throughout the year, and said that a possible solution of the difficulty would be to set apart a certain proportion of the tables as club tables, and conduct the rest on the hotel system. This would furnish just the experiment desired, and would give an excellent opportunity to try the two systems side by side. If the hotel system should not be a success it would be easy...
...other instruments of cultivation, and a predilection for slang and amorous raillery (a girl whose type is familiar to many Harvard men) -and lastly, "a short, thickset young man with the countenance of a brakeman," of muckers, muckerish. Of these delineations, the first is the best, the second having certain touches of vulgarity which are not pleasing. Regarded as a story, this effort of Mr. Cohen's lacks effect in its conclusion...