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...Straton is pastor of one of the most flourishing of Baptist parishes in New York City. He had to combat dissension on all sides when he first took up his work there, because he preached the religion that reached directly at every member of the congregation. Secret meetings of prominent vestrymen were held in an effort to oust him, but he had become so firmly entrenched, and the congregation had increased in size so remarkably, that instead of Dr. Straton leaving, the wealthy vestrymen were forced...
...have received the encomiums of the speakers with a certain sense that I have not fully understood. One of them said that I had an unsual amount of courage. That has never entered my mind. I confess to recognizing another quality to which President Lowell referred--a readiness for combat. I look back upon my life as a boy sometimes engaged in those rough and tumble fights which we used to have on Boston Common, and I recognized there at a tender age that I did display considerable enjoyment in fighting...
...that came when I was a teacher in Harvard, and out of the times, the extraordinary period, have come the ideals and the lessons which I have pursued all through my activity. Then as the years went by and the period of combat and persistent effort against opposition passed and the new structure of Harvard University began to take effect, think how it gave me the opportunity to see where modern education was going, and where it ought to go. Now and then I could help their labors, especially in the medical faculty, but it was the strength...
...Committee for the Preservation of the Faith in Palestine has been formed by members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. Its object is to "combat anti-Catholic propaganda...
...University hockey players will take a respite from their examinations in order to combat the Boston University sextet at the Arena this evening at 8.15 o'clock. The game was definitely arranged yesterday after fruitless efforts on the part of the Harvard management to induce the speedy Pittsburg club to prolong its stay another day and play the Crimson this evening...