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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale Gun Club has assumed the name of the University Gun Club. It is planned to hold monthly meetings. On account of the large number of members no '91 or '92 men will be admitted until later in the year. A team will soon be chosen from among the present members and a challenge will be sent to Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/7/1889 | See Source »

...Wheeler said that we unfortunately know very little about the chryselephantine statues. He read Pausanias' account of the statue of Athena Parthenos, a description that is a little more satisfactory than the most of that author's work. The statue was a composite work of gold and ivory. It was about forty feet in height, and between forty and fifty talents of gold were used in its construction. The technique of the statue is not clearly understood. The best representation which has come down to us is a statuette about a meter high, which was discovered in Athens near...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Wheeler's Sixth Lecture. | 3/5/1889 | See Source »

...meeting of the Yale Apollo Club Friday evening all but six members resigned on account of the difficulties with the University Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/4/1889 | See Source »

Then came the feather-weight sparring between J. S. Dodge, H. A. A. and P. Marquand, H. A. A. Dodge got rather the best of the first round. The second was very close. In the third, Marquand had the advantage on account of his superior staying power. The judges ordered another round, which was in Marquand's favor, and he was given...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Meeting of the Technology Athletic Club. | 3/4/1889 | See Source »

...been played. The winners will be tied with two other couples for second place. The games in the play-off in both sections must be finished before Wednesday, March 13. They will be governed by the same rules as before, except that contestants will be required to keep account of games as well as matches. In case of another tie in the number of matches won, the pair winning the most games will be entitled to enter the final round. Matches in this round may be played as soon as the contestants are determined...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whist Tournament. | 3/4/1889 | See Source »

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