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...future, the old and the new. In the life here a man has the advantages and collected thought of the past systematized for his use, and in the face of this beneficence he feels humble. His hope that he may deserve this is in his attachment to an unknown future, when men shall see the light and know the truth better because of his life. This is not a time of achievement but of preparation. In this sense the actual Harvard is a promise of the Harvard that...
...that it was a promising place for excavating, and work was begun in 1881 by the Greek Archaeological society. The excavations were continued until 1885, and have proved to be among the most successful ever carried on in Greece. Two temples have been discovered, and one circular structure, of unknown purpose, but great architectural merit. The debris has been cleared away from the theatre, and the stage structure thus revealed has led to a revolution in our ideas as to the manner of the production of a Greek play. Many sculptures have been found of over average merit, though none...
...friends, and it now numbers 2893 volumes, many of which are of great value-an increase of 677 volumes. A number of books have been given to the library during the year, notably a collection of German and French books which came in two large boxes from an unknown source...
Professor William R. Harper has been chosen to fill the new chair of Bibilical literature at Yale. The foundation for the professorship, $50,000, has been given by a few gentlemen who desire their names to remain unknown. The object of the new chair of instruction is, as expressed by the donors, to impart an intelligent apprehension of the English Bible, with a view to stimulating an earnest Christian faith and developing a manly Christian life. In commemoration of the late President Woolsey the professorship will be called the Woolsey professorship...
...should have been forfeited and money telegraphed for or borrowed by the careless manager. But if a game was necessary, it should have been played in a straight-forward, manly way. That the captain of the nine should adopt the policy of delaying the game, of resorting to trickery, unknown to our college teams before, and only on the level of professionalism, is utterly disgraceful and dishonorable, if not cowardly. If the game was begun, it should have been played in earnest. Fair defeat is no disgrace, far from it, but trickery and "muckerism" should never come into college athletics...