Word: age
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Charles Eliot was born Nov. 1, 1859. At the age of eighteen he entered college with the class of '82. While in college, though never attaining any exceptional rank in his work, he was known for his fidelity and for his high and generous ideals. Almost immediately after graduating he decided to become a landscape gardener. He studied here, and later abroad, and began his professional training in the firm of Olmsted and Co. in Boston. A few years later he was taken into partnership by Mr. Olmsted...
...Prize Debate was: "Resolved, That the best interests of the United States demand a large increase in her naval force." H. H. Yocum '98 received the first prize. The Nassau Lit. Prize for the best oration was awarded to E. J. Newton '99, who spoke on "The Age of Sacrifice." At the in door games and exhibition in the afternoon three Princeton indoor records were broken: Garrett '97 put the shot 40 ft. 10 1-2 in.; Tyler '97 cleared 10 ft. 6 in. in the pole vault; while Carroll '00 broke the record for the high jump with...
...visitors were unaccompanied by ladies the practice would be less obnoxious. But whether alone or with ladies, whether young or old, a man who thoughtlessly forgets to remove his hat is made the mark for all eyes and the unconscious cause of an outbreak of stamping. Old men whose age entitles them to more respect are treated like their youngers...
Caleb W. Loring, an eminent Boston lawyer, died last Friday at Camden, S. C., in the eightieth year of his age. He was the son of Charles Greely Loring who was one of Boston's noted lawyers and a contemporary and friend of Webster and Rufus Choate...
...that it should be necessary to remind Harvard men that, being no longer under the enforced discipline of preparatory schools, they should see to it themselves that they lay aside all childishness and begin to conduct themselves as gentlemen. As it is thought that the students are of an age and temperament to look with respect, if not with admiration, upon the men who-so often scholars of more than local reputation-have been assigned for their instruction, the College has offered in its curriculum no special course in manners...