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...general has been too exclusive in its scope. The time has now come when we see that the laboring classes should have the advantages God meant to give by education, and it is for this that the movement was begun. We have found it possible to lecture to these lower classes in the arts and be welcomed by them. I have found that the libraries, in places where the movement has been at work, have been used much more than before, thus showing in one instance the good done...
Last Friday afternoon the Yale Infirmary was formally opened to the public. All the rooms and the hallway are hard-finished, the floors being of hard pine covered with rugs. The dining room, reception room and parlor are on the lower floor; the basement contains the kitchen and a servant's dining room. The second and third floors will be devoted to the patients. Every room is finished in heavy oak with iron bedsteads and besides being heated by steam contains an open fireplace. The halls are supplied with speaking tubes which connect every floor in the building. The infirmary...
That we may see better where the law of sacrifice comes on we may make the following subdivisions of man, first the perfect body, the ideal mind, the heart, that is the affectionate nature. We should always sacrifice the lower for the higher, the body for the mind, the mind for the heart where the love of others demands it. But above all is the soul and the grandest thing man can do is to sacrifice every thing for the integrity of his nature...
...which does not always produce the best results. The best advice is to go to work and to do what is at hand. Do not scorn to begin low down and work up, for this is far better than to start at the top and stand still or fall lower. There are great possibilities for doing good in every profession but whatever you do the best thing to do is to join in with your fellow workers and try to raise them up. Join the church wherever you are and work with it. For there is always need of reasonable...
...evenly matched and Garcelon just held the lead he had started with. The last pair to run were S. M. Merrill '94, and T. M. Laughlin, starting amid a general cheer. Merrill had to begin with nearly fifty yards lead, which Laughlin, although he ran splendidly, was unable to lower to any purpose. Merrill ran fast for the first lap but then slowed down allowing Laughlin to gain. During the last lap Merrill about held his own, winning for Harvard by over 30 yards. Time...