Word: begun
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Widener had already begun a collection of American literature along the lines of his English volumes. During the year or two preceding his death he had acquired many rare association books of New England authors...
...University soccer team played its last game of the season on Saturday, April 13, winning from Columbia at New York, N. Y., in a had fought match, 2 to 1. Captain Byng made the first score for Harvard on a free kick soon after play had begun. In the latter part of the first half, Greene received a pass from Locke and drove the ball through the centre for the second goal. Columbia's only score came a few minutes before the end of the game on some fast playing by Zoller...
...work begun last year of cutting down the dead elm tres in the Yard and transplanting in their places young oaks which are as yet practically immune from destructive pests, will begin again immediately. As no effective means has been found of extirpating the insects, and as the trees are rapidly dying, this is the only alternative. A large number of oaks have been ordered from a nursery in West Chester, Pennsylvania, some of them four inches in diameter...
Outdoor Baseball Practice Begun...
...result of an effort to obtain all available material for the University crew, 48 men responded to a general call for candidates this year. Work was begun at once on the machines, though the squad was not divided into regular eights. This week, however, six crews have been formed, and rowing in the tank begun, preceded by a short session at the machines. This system of work will be maintained until the ice in the river breaks...