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Professor Toy will continue his readings from the Koran this afternoon at four o'clock in Sever 11. The readings today will be in main from the suras delivered by the prophet while at Medina. the suras of this period form in many respects the most interesting portion of the Koran. The prophet had become firmly established in power, and his utterances are of a more mature character thad those of the Mecca period. The lecture will doubtless be a very interesting...
...Koran possesses a greater degree of unity than any of the other gospels. The book consists of one hundred and fourteen divisions or suras. These are arranged arbitrarily, in the order of their length. The suras appeared at different times, as occasion demanded. They were not written by the prophet himself, but were taken down by some of his followers. They were not collected during Mohammed's life, but immediately after his death the caliph ordered them to be collected. Twenty years later this first collection was carefully revised, and what has since been the lawful edition was the result...
Remsen Johnson, chairman; W. Shillaber, Jr., historian; E. Bright, Jr., poet; H. L. Glover, orator; R. L. Cutting, Jr., prophet; Hammond Odell, presentation orator. The members of the committee who are to have charge of Class Day exercises are R. Johnson, W. J. Barlow, E. Bright, Jr., G. D. Mumford, N. Wilde, W. V. King, and T. W. Thatcher. The Commencement committee consists of G. T. Donnell, C. K. Beckman, H. Odell, and W. R. Pratt from the School of Arts, with three from the Mines to be elected. The marshal for Commencement will also be elected by the "Miners...
...Prophet-J. F. Stebbins, New York...
Ever since the days of Mohammed, there has been a struggle between Christianity and Islam. In early times when courage, dash, and enthusiasm were the qualities which led to victory, the followers of the prophet led the way. At the present time, When cold science and skilful strategy overcome all opposition, the Semites have fallen behind. The splendid charge of Moslem cavalry, and the rock-like firmness of the infantry, have been rendered useless by modern firearms...