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...taken that Christ was not superior to Jewish error in his time. If this were true, there would be no help for it. The supreme word on the Harvard College seal, Veritas, is the supreme word of all real religion. But the opinion that truth did not find a Master in Christ wholly superior to all Jewish error is solely the result of not sifting the sources of our knowledge of Christ. Hesitating to handle the Bible as boldly as Christ himself did, and to clear away from his unique figure the mass of erroneous accretions of all sorts which...
...laws of Harvardium was that no foreigner should be admitted to the sacred precincts and classic shades of their renowned city, unless he was able to spell ten words of a language long since in its grave. The words were so difficult to master and pronounce, that comparatively few obtained the privileges of citizenship. Other cities, notably Cornellsium, were rapidly augmenting their population by increased acquisition of new citizens, who not only rose to distinction in advancing the infant sciences, but aided materially in defending the city in times of danger...
...night's reading was finished prevents us from giving a detailed criticism of the recital. The reading was the best of the series. Difficult as it is to render Shaksperian comedy well, Mr. Jones showed himself to better advantage in interpreting the subtle and delicate fancy of the great master than he did in his previous readings, with the tamer and less exacting productions of Dickens and Longfellow. In the reading last night Mr. Jones seemed to feel greater sympathy for some of his characters than for others. The uneveness, however, if it existed, was but slight...
...received by the class, showed how well it was appreciated. The oration was delivered by Mr. J. H. Huddleston, who took for his text, the legend of the Holy Grail, and from it laid down sage precepts for the guidance of eighty-six. Mr. A. P. Gardner, the toast master, called upon the following gentlemen to respond to toasts: "Eighty-six," Mr. Barnes; "The Junior Year," Mr. T. T. Baldwin; "Politics," Mr. Merriam; "The Junior Crew," Mr. Roberts; "Forensics," Mr. LaMonte; "The College Press," Mr. Sanborn; "Glimpses of Heaven," Mr. Frye. Perhaps no feature of the dinner contributed more...
...first annual dinner of the Shooting Club was held at Young's last evening. Mr. J. A. Frye, '86, presided, and acted as toast-master. Messrs. H. M. Williams, '85, and L. M. Garrison, '88, were present as guests of the club. A letter of regret was read from Mr. Wm. M. Derby, president of the Yale Gun Club, who was unable to present. After the menu had been discussed, the following gentlemen responded to toasts: R. L. McCook, '85; H. M. Williams, '85; F, S. Meade '87; W. H. Slocum, '86; L. M. Garrison, '88, and others...