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Dr. Brook's Talk in Holden Chapel.

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The following report of Rev. Phillips Brooks' talk in Holden Chapel, Tuesday evening, was crowded out of yesterday's issue:-

Dr.Brooks spoke about the peculiar features of college life. It is a life which a man takes up on entering and puts aside when his college days are over. College life is an insoluble puzzle to people of the outer world. Of late there has been a noticeable increase of interest in religions matters at Harvard, and it gives great satisfaction to all who make the welfare of the University their interest. The standard of scholarship will be raised by this religious movement, and men will take a greater interest in others welfare. One of the worst evils of college life is selfishness. The desire to help the outside world should be another result of this gradual reformation.

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