Word: berkeley
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Mills of the Berkeley school, with ten seconds handicap, won. H. W. Foote '97 finished second, and P. A. Hutchison '98 and A. W. Blakemore '97 third and sixth respectively. D. Grant M. S., who ran from scratch, finished ninth...
...Cavaliers to Virginia. In 1649 a party of more than 300 of these fugitive royalists, belonging to the very best class of people, came to Virginia. These Cavaliers made the reputation of Virginia, and from them many of our most distinguished families have traced their descent. Sir William Berkeley, a Royalist of the Royalists, was elected governor. After the Restoration his government became tyrannical in the extreme. An aristocrat himself, he had no sympathy with the common people. With the assistance of a group of wealthy planters he attempted to get rid of popular elections. Having...
Troubles with the Indians finally brought matters to a head. In May, 1676, they attacked the estate of Nathaniel Bacon. Being refused a royal permit the latter set out of his own accord and chastised the plunderers. When Berkeley took the field, he saw that the entire populace was aroused, and the only means of pacifying them was to call another assembly. The result was a crushing defeat of the Berkeley party and the election of Bacon to the assembly. He was arrested on his way to Jamestown, but was released on parole. Before the Assembly Bacon publicly acknowledged...
...days he returned with an army of 600 men, demanding that the governor grant him his commission to go against the Indians. This the governor was brow-beaten into signing. Within four weeks Bacon had subdued the Indians, and was suddenly surprised by a proclamation declaring him a rebel. Berkeley himself, however, was forced to flee, and was himself declared a rebel against Virginia. Again he returned with 1000 men and took possession of Jamestown. Bacon, advancing upon the town, completely routed Berkeley and burned the town. Shortly after this Bacon himself died. On the news of his death...
...Yale Alumni Association of California has established a scholarship in the Yale graduate department, the income of which is $300, for the benefit of a graduate of one of the California universities, to be named by the association. The present incumbent is Warren E. Lloyd of Berkeley...