Word: began
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee began work in January and has the largest contracts signed and most of the minor plans perfected. Bishop Lawrence will preach the Baccalaureate Sermon on June 17th...
There has been a great deal of discussion, he said, as to whether the Troy of Homer was a real city, and if so, where its site was to be found. In 1873 Professor Schlieman began excavations on a hill overlooking the Plain of Troy in the northwest of Troad. In the centre of the hill he found the ruins of six cities, built one upon the other. The oldest of these cities was probably built about 2000 B. C. Later work among the ruins has shown the existence of three other settlements. The last of these was the Roman...
...mile run Morgan of Yale won easily at the finish, making a new league record of 4 min. 31 2-5 sec. Coolidge, who had followed closely till the spurt began, took second, and Carson third...
...nine returned from its trip to Princeton and Philadelphia yesterday morning and in the afternoon began practice again with several changes in the make-up. The most important of these was Stevenson's removal from third base to make room for Cook, L. S., who has resumed playing. Whittemore was moved from second base to short-stop to take the place of Winslow. Dean, captain of the freshman nine, was called to cover second base, while Wiggin played in right field in place of McCarthy...
Wiggin had little control over the ball and for four innings Princeton batted hard, scoring seven hits with a total of fifteen. In the fifth inning Highlands took Wiggin's place and for two innings pitched well, but in the seventh he lost his head and Princeton began to pile up the runs. With the score tied, Ward came to the bat. He hit an easy grounder to Highlands who threw wild to Dickison, Ward reaching third on the throw. Five hits with a total of eight, two costly errors on the part of Corbett and Stevenson, and Princeton...