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...Concord fight. The day went more and more against the regulars, and about noon they began to retreat. The farmers pursued them to Lexington, where, near two in the afternoon their numbers were augmented by a large reinforcement sent out from Boston, under Lord Percy. Percy and his command, however, instead of turning the unequal battle, merely joined the retreat. The regulars continued to flee, the embattled farmers to pursue, until towards sunset the British soldiers reached Charlestown, and the protection of British guns. Thus ended the Concord fight, and with it the first passage at arms of the American...
Many freshmen, especially those who are so happily advanced as to have fair command of written speech, are disposed to regard English A as an arbitrary infliction on the part of the heads of the department. Were these men aware of the many specimens of outrageous word structure (it is nothing more) furnished by the entrance examination papers, they would change their opinion. Under present conditions, English A must be regarded as a necessity, though a very disagreeable one, and somewhat shameful. At once, then, the question arises whether the conditions might not be changed; whether boys might...
Christ praised the centurion because it was this soldierly quality that he wanted his disciples to have - the power to obey, and growing out of that, the power to command. We need to follow the centurion's example today. The scholar has first to learn to obey, to conform to rigid discipline, before he reaches the point where he is qualified to choose his own course of study. Obedience is the first lesson which the business man has to learn. In the moral world, training and discipline are absolutely necessary to the man who would withstand sudden temptation. He must...
...ready to settle in life, they say, they will reform and become pure, religious men. They are mistaken. There is no short cut from sin to righteousness, and the only thing that can atone for their past is a complete change of inner feeling, which will not come at command. Good aspirations must precede any effort to reform, and the starting point must be the change of the very purpose of one's life...
...Graduates' Magazine for March, which appeared yesterday, will command widespread attention both in and beyond the university world, not only because the subjects of the principal articles are of especial interest at the present time, but also because they are ably treated by men whose opinions will be thought much of. The articles referred to are "A Professor's View of Athletics," by Professor Taussig, and "Needed Football Reforms," by R. W. Emmons...