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...assurance that the Day of Prayer for Colleges will be fittingly observed both in the morning Chapel service and in the usual Vesper Service of Thursday, as has been the custom in former years. We believe that this will meet the desire of all members of the University who think that the day should not pass without some reference to its special associations. As we have before remarked, the Chapel service seems the one in which the University as a whole can most fittingly unite on this occasion...
...saints of the old church used to look, for manifestations of God, not to the complex laws of nature about them, but to apparent violations of these laws, to miracles. In our own times men, by false analysis, think they find contradictions in the universe and even in God. They think of His justice as opposed to His mercy and love. But mercy does not violate justice. True justice, making allowance for weaknesses, for temptations, includes mercy. There should be no terror in the thought of a just...
...Reverend S. M. Crothers of the First Parish Church, preached last evening in Appleton Chapel. His text was taken from St. Luke XII, 40: "Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not." Mr. Crothers pointed out the necessity of being prepared to meet temptations which come in an unexpected form. The battle ship which goes to sea is proof against the missiles of the enemy, but founders in a heavy storm. So it is with human beings-they succumb to those temptations for which they are not prepared...
...Casper Whitney reiterates his charges against Western athletics in the current number of Harper's Weekly, giving most of his attention to Minnesota. He seems to think Michigan too far gone for reform. It is a relief to find Whitneys definition of an amateur accurately stated, and to feel that one can honestly differ with him and still consistently advocate purity in athletics. He says an amateur is one who plays purely for love of the sport; a professional, one who plays in part for gain. This, as has so often been said, confines amateurism to the wealthy, and makes...
...Think," Job Lots...