Word: account
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University crew squad did not row yesterday on account of the cold, but will probably row tomorrow...
...issue of the Harvard Bulletin for this week contains an excellent and very full account of all that has taken place in and about the University during the past week. The two leading articles are on the meeting of the Germanic Museum Association and the proposed Union for Radcliffe, similar in its purposes to the Harvard Union. There is an interesting picture of the Harvard football eleven of 1890, with an account of the victory over Yale at Springfield in that year. The Bulletin reprints the communication to the CRIMSON on a new arrangement of Commencement events...
...biography of the late Roger Wolcott '70, by Bishop William Lawrence '71, is a short sympathetic account of the principal events in the life of one whose name will always be remembered as an example of true American manhood...
Throughout the book the official side of Roger Wolcott's life is subordinated to the human side, and the account of the growth of his power and influence is animated by the sympathy that comes from a life-long friendship and loyal regard. The successive steps in his brilliant career are described--his early entrance into public life, his services as Lieutenant- Governor and Governor and his great activity during the Spanish war--soon followed by his death when he was at the height of his career...
Professor Davis has just returned from a two weeks trip to the mountains of North Carolina. He ascended Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi, and crossing the Blue Ridge at several points, continued the examination of the different strata. Some account of his observations will be given at an early meeting of the Geological Conference...