Word: plain
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...Dudleian lecture this evening marks an epoch in the religious history of Harvard and serves to make plain the tendency of American colleges toward non-sectarianism. We have no doubt that the Puritan founder of the series would be amazed at the prospect of a Roman Catholic delivering a lecture in this course, but now-a-days we feel ourselves able to listen to the words of both creeds, sure that we shall discern the truth. The course has been established many years; it has always attracted renowned men and been followed with great interest...
SEWALL CARROLL BRACKETT, of Jamaica Plain, Mass...
...departments in the University voted to canvass the college this fall, in order to raise as large a subscription as possible among the students themselves, and then, by a circular-letter, to appeal to the Alumni for the rest. In answer to their inquiry, President Eliot replied that "a plain stone building of sufficient size, made fire-proof and lighted by electricity could hardly be built and furnished for less than...
Boos, N F, Jamaica Plain...
Gibbons, S, Jamaica Plain...