Word: bays
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...proceeded directly to Manila. At five o'clock in the afternoon on the day before the battle, Admiral Dewey called a council of war at which he laid forth his plan of battle. The Olympia was to lead the way through the larger of the two entrances into Manila Bay and the other vessels were to follow. Accordingly, at nightfall no lights were lighted except those necessary to run the machinery, and the entrance was made at slow speed. Unfortunately, just at the point of passing the outer forts the smoke pipe of the revenue cutter caught fire, reveling...
...Manila Bay is a fine harbor, its only fault being that the entrance is too wide to protect vessels from the typhoons. To remedy this the Spanish government began the construction of a break water, but through mismanagement of funds little had been accomplished. The climate is by no means so bad as is imagined. fifteen or twenty years of American rule should make Manila the greatest city of the East...
...story of the expanded daily theme type, which, while it shows a good deal of cleverness of an observant sort, proves beyond doubt that the writer has no knowledge of human nature. In "Old and New," J. H. Cabot, 2nd, '00, undertakes to delineate the character of a Casco Bay "islander," and fails completely. "Perquisites," by John G. Cole sC., and "A Fiasco," by R. W. Gray '01, are sketches of the usual daily theme type...
...Eddy '99 S., left field, prepared for college at Lawrenceville. He is 21 years old, 5 feet 11 inches high, and weighs 150 pounds. He lives at Bay City, Mich...
...fourth annual regatta of the Metropolitan Amateur Rowing Association will take place on the Back Bay course beginning at 11 o'clock this morning. Twenty minutes will be allowed for each race. The races will be upstream from the Union Boat House, one mile and a half with a turn, except the eight-oared events which will be rowed down stream, one mile and a half with the finish at the Union Boat House...