Word: ages
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...AGE AT COMMENCEMENT.Class of Class of Class of Class...
...passing we may mention that the youngest man in '79, who graduated at the age of 18 years and 1 month, led his class...
...London, Maj. Thomas Knox Holmes rode a Premier tricycle 50 miles in 4h. 43m. 26s., completing 52 3-4 miles under five hours. He started at 3 seconds after 12 and ended at 19 seconds after 5, when he had accomplished 53 miles. Maj. Holmes is 76 years of age, and was one of the original members of I Zingari Cricket Club...
...European universities of the Middle Age had their origin as free private unions of their students, who came together under the influence of celebrated teachers, and themselves arranged their own affairs. In recognition of the public advantage of these unions they soon obtained from the state privileges and honorable rights, especially that of an independent jurisdiction, and the right of granting academic degrees. The students of that time were mostly men of mature years, who frequented the university more immediately for their own instruction, and without any direct practical object; but younger men soon began to be sent...
...William Perry, at the age of ninety-five, is the oldest living graduate of Harvard University...