The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-10-23
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AT OLD
BROWN

A large audience greeted g. S. Cooper,
~, last evening IN the Y. NJ. c. A. room
OF the Union. His hearers were richly
rewarded by hts earnest address. in when
he made a plea for an intelligent study OF
the worlds greatest source OF human
thought, the Bible. Mr.. Cooper then
showed the large place that the Bible
ought TO MI in a man life. "The World"
he said. is needing educated men more
and more. and no mar is educated until
he has had the moral rounding out that
can be given him by the Hible, which is
the great source OF general knowledge.
the foundation OF all ethics" lie said
that he was not asking that men be
church members. but that they lead
clean. wide. straight paths In life.
Then 10 show what has been accom-
plished In other places, he spoke OF tho
fact thaLlAAleIheEeware Di Included
I'm the many small groups throughout the
college. In West Point. although the
cadets nave a great deal TO do, half the
men are engaged I'm Bible study. STU
dents give their time 10 gain an intimate
knowledge OF the Bible. because they real
lie that only I'm this way are they 10 get
a grip on themselves"
After finishing his formal talk, Mr..
Cooper said that there had been a meeting
OF prominent alumni and members OF the
faculty who were interested in the Bible
study movement. who had expressed their
hearty cooperation with any action OF the
students In this regard. The leader OF
last evenings meeting then outlined the
plan that had been formulated. DR..
Bradner. the rector OF st. Johns church
or this city. has offered 60 meet the
leaders OF the different fraternity Bible
study groups every Wednesday and offer
suggestions from the course OF discussion
for the following week. Such a move
ment was started last year. but u Is
hoped that the work will spread a great
deal for them this year.
There Is on exhibition I'm the John Car
ter Brown library O most interesting col
lection OF autograph letters, which every
student would do well TO see. The letter.
were written by signers of the Declaration
OF Independence and are OF great histori-
cal value, as they reflect the spirit OF the
Revolutionary era and an insight OF the
social, political and commercial life of its
leading men. Letters are shown from
Benjamin Franklin. Robert Morris, DR..
Benjamin Risk. JOIN Adams, Samuel
Adams. Thomas jefferson. Benjamin Har-
rison and many other colonial celebrities.
For the most part these letters are in
innate and erSef4af- have
an added charm. The exhibition is made
through the courtesy OF Mr.. William -.
Ely OF this city. who has loaned his pri-
vate collection TO the library In order TO
make a complete set. Few. II any, auto
graph collections embrace the signatures
OF all the signers, as some are exceed
ingly rare. There Is also on exhibition
a fac-simile OF the declaration Itself for
the purpose Of comparison. together with
a number OF printed copies. bound Jour
nails OF the proceedings OF the Continental
congress and the like. The library hours
arc from 2 a. m. to 5 y. m each week day
and attendants will be glad 10 show and
explain the documents TO all interested
at that time.
To all who are interested I'm the at
tempts which are being made TO better
the game OF football at the present time
some OF the features OF Saturdays game
with Pennsylvania will be worth looking
into. Surely there is something the mat
ter with the game. when one man is de-
liberately struck I'm the iace with force
! enough TO split open his upper lip. so that
his teeth could be seen through the
wound. and another is deliberately kicked
I'm the temple when he is down. lt seems
to 10 the policy OF some of the bigger
colleges TO LAY OUT all the best men
i'm an opposing lineup In the first rush,
IL possible. Saturdays game from all
accounts was a fair sample of tho So
called dirty playing 1t was rather a
contest OF laying out your man and
Brown was called upon individually TO re-
sort TO the same methods In self-defense
all through the game. There was abso-
lutely no excuse for some OF the dirty
work" that went on during this game.
and especially when there was "A blind
umpire at hand, il Is a wonder that Brown
did as we'll as she did. Football. as IL
exists today, is nothing more than a game
OF brute endurance. with very little
science I'm st.. Under the present con-
dition of the play smuggling and kicking,
and all kinds OF "mucker" hghting, exist,
and IL something is done 10 better the
play It must De In the form OF a radical
change to the game.