Word: acception
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting of the Harvard Shooting Club was held last evening to take action on the resignation of the secretary, Mr. R. H. Post, '91. It was voted to accept the resignation, and Mr. H. F. Strout, '90, was elected to fill his place. The next meeting of the club will be held Friday afternoon, and it is hoped that more men will be present than there were at the meeting last week. This will be the last chance to enter this month's matches, which need more entries to make them as interesting as they should...
...following bill in substance is now before the Massachusetts legislature: The President and fellows of Harvard College may accept. take and hold, and may sell at their discretion, unless expressly forbidden by the terms of the gift, any real estate, within or without Commonwealth, which has been, or may hereafter be, given or devised to them for educational purposes...
...manager of the Harvard freshman nine has received a letter, of which the following is a copy, from the representative of the Yale freshman nine, pertaining to the arrangement of dates for the annual spring games. It has not been decided whether to accept or reject the dates proposed...
DEAR SIR: The Columbia freshmen do hereby accept the challenge of the Harvard freshmen to an eight-oared two-mile straightaway race, to be rowed at New London next June, the date to be mutually agreed upon hereafter. Respectfully...
DEAR SIR: I regret that the Harvard freshman crew will be unable to accept the challenge of the Yale freshmen to row a race at New London next June. It is out of the question to row two races in the short time the crew will be at New London (?) year by (?) that we are committed to row Columbia this year, so must decline your challenge...