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...organism not only is, but is passing away from what is. Moreover, nothing can exist in only itself. Its purpose is ministry, and by ministry it preserves itself. Self preservation would be self destruction. So it is with the "independent" thinker, who refuses to follow the universal theory. Mental progress means to part with our own pet whims and obey the universal theories and principles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 2/13/1893 | See Source »

...bowling tournament is now in progress at Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/9/1893 | See Source »

...last number was Wagner's Overture "The Flying Dutchman." This was the first work in which the composer attempted to characterize persons by fixed musical phrases. The familiar story of the poor mariner who was doomed to wander over the ocean in endless misery is well illustrated by the progress of the Overture. The conflicts in his mind as well as the conflicts in the elements about him are pictured very vividly by the variety of themes and the manner in which they are worked out. The Overture is a fine piece of music picturing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Symphony Concert. | 2/3/1893 | See Source »

...part that Harvard men are playing in the progress of the Prospect Union is growing more important every year; and not only are the members of the Union glad of the instruction when it is given, but they ask for it beforehand. The call for instructors, printed in the CRIMSON earlier in the year, was the result of a direct request for instruction in those several subjects. The rooms of the Union are kept in pretty constant use during the evening, three classes often being carried on during the same hour. The evening is divided up into three hours from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Prospect Union. | 2/1/1893 | See Source »

...advanced Latin, H. G. Pearson '93; singing, E. H. Abbott '93; Geometry, H. C. Weliman '94; spelling, E. Merrill '95; electricity, Mr. C. A. Adams, Instructor; American History, Mr. E. B. Greene, Assistant; English Composition, W. T. Brewster Gr.; elementary French, F. N. Robinson Gr.; elementary German, Mr. Page; Progress of Labor, H. Ware '93; advanced German, F. von Brieson '95; advanced French, Mr. Page; and book-keeping, H. N. Loomis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Prospect Union. | 2/1/1893 | See Source »

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