Word: paste
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1890
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This school follows the teachings and philosophy of the great Swedenborg. The religion is called either New Church or Swedenborgian. They believe in certain principles, which, when received among men, will realize the promise of the New Jerusalem, the perfection of Christianity when errors of the past and all that is unworthy in life shall have been put away. Their belief does not differ from that of the older bodies in some one point, but is a complete system in itself. Its leading doctrines are that God is one, His love, wisdom, and providential energy being named in the Bible...
...this simply. Time will prove that their action was justifiable. Whether outsiders sneer or not is a matter of no consequence. If Harvard has chosen the right course it is her duty to pursue it. What, then, are the fundamental facts in the matter? Just these: In the past Harvard's athletics have been too important a factor in her life. The same, to be sure, is true of other colleges, but it is Harvard which we are considering now. Just as soon as men begin to come to any college exclusively for athletics, just so soon is it clear...
...time, and within two weeks after, many men expressed their regret for having voted for it. Are we going to be so childish as to let a momentary ill-feeling carry us to the extreme of refusing to have anything more at all to do with Princeton? In the past she has behaved every bit as squarely as Harvard. We have had far more trouble with Yale: she has always been the tricky college, winning by fair means or foul, indifferently. At Mott Haven last year she won the cup from Columbia by an unfair decision, and New York club...
Professor B. L. Cilley of Phillips Exeter academy, who has been abroad for the past five months, sailed for home last Friday. A representative from each class will meet him in Boston and escort him home, where arrangements are making for a grand reception...
...university is the library and except in the matter of lighting, we have generally little complaint to make about its management. There has been one frequent ground of complaint recently, however, which might easily be remedied, namely, the wretched heating and ventilation. During the unusually mid weather of the past few weeks the steam heating apparatus has kept the temperature many degrees too warm, and, combined with the lack of fresh air has made the place exceedingly uncomfortable. To a person coming in from the open air the stuffy atmosphere is almost unbearable. The bad air undoubtedly dulls the senses...