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...Reverend G. E. Horr, president of the Newton Theological Institution, delivered the annual lngersoll Lecture last night in Emerson D. His subject was "The Christian Faith and Eternal Life." He gave the story of the growth of the Christian religion, showing how the ideal of immortality came to the minds of the ancients, and giving several theological arguments for the retention of that belief...
...athletes is of minor importance. But the clamoring for "recognition" indicates that too many institutions are tainted by that smallness of soul which regards outward display more than inward satisfaction. The colleges should be the first to realize that a "cum laude" without power is irony. Their ideal should be the spirit of true craftsmanship, the desire to do something, not for a specious reward, but for the sake of doing...
...very little dull reading to be done here, but the amount of "good reading" is considerable and requires the type of student who reads easily and enjoys it. Lastly, this is not a field which attempts to straddle two other departments. It is an entity in itself. Its ideal is to portray an epoch in man's development from as many sides as possible; to take a portion of the life of the Past and, as Matthew Arnold said, "to see life clearly and see it whole...
Samuel M. Vauclain, President of the Baldwin Locomotive Works: " In a speech to the British Empire Chamber of Commerce (in Manhattan), I stated that unless English business men attained the American ideal of price, quality and service, I would continue to favor a tariff wall so high that the sun would not shine in New York until 10 o'clock in the morning...
...ideal situation would be that the entire youth of this country should have a year's service with the colors, with the idea of inspiring them to a decent citizenship. The factors of decent citizenship are a sound body and a sound mind; the appreciation of the dignity of labor and the happiness of industry; self-mastery, self-control; the appreciation of the benefits of our institutions and our obligations to them, and of the other man's point of view. Another essential factor is the spiritual, which is the function of the home and the family...