Word: 19th
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...country fair. Drunkenness was common, and as early as 1693 there were symptoms that Commencement Day was becoming a period of disturbing festivity. Accordingly in that year the Corporation voted certain restrictions and their action, coupled with the activity of President Quincy at the beginning of the 19th century contributed greatly to the removal of rowdyism and gambling on that day. The final act came in 1893 when the Corporation entirely banished all distilled liquors and laid down several general rules as to the proceedings of the celebration...
James C. Fyshe, M. D. '04, went to England with the first Canadian contingent as surgeon with rank of captain. At the outbreak of the war he settled in Alberta, Edmonton. He went to Valtin with the 19th Alta Dragoons, but was transferred to the Army Medical Corp., with which he had been connected when he was formerly in Montreal...
...here kept alive in one convenient collection, together with pictures of all the athletic teams. The book this year contains several new features, the most important of which is a group of pictures of Class Day forming a double page which will be much more appreciated after June 19th. Last and most valuable of all, there are individual pictures of 530 members of the Class, with a short "life" of each. Thus you have preserved a small autobiography of almost every one of your classmates...
...been appointed to a position on the faculty of Princeton University. His position will be Visiting Professor of Literature, a capacity in which he is to act during one term at least during the college year. Next fall he will give a Senior course in English literature of the 19th century...
...eighth annual winter carnival will take place at Soldiers Field on February 18th and 19th. Relay races will be held between the classes and the following men have been appointed captains of the class teams: 1914, W. A. Barron, Jr., of Newburyport; 1915, F. W. Capper, of Brookline; 1916, W. J. Bingham, of Methuen; 1917, E. A. Teschner, of Lawrence. Each of the captains is to pick ten men for his class relay. There will be the following regular events: 45-yard low hurdles; 40-yard dash; 7-lap race (scratch); 13-lap race (scratch); 16-pound shot-put; running...