Word: british
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...British Almanac...
...Aston Webb, past president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, will give an informal address this morning at 12 o'clock in the large lecture room of Robinson Hall, before the students in the department of Architecture. This address will be open only to men taking courses in architecture. Sir Aston Webb, who has recently received a gold medal from the American Institute of Architects in acknowledgment of his work, will be given a private reception this afternoon by the Boston Society of Architects...
Besides the regular gold, silver and bronze medals, certain challenge prizes have been offered by private individuals and societies. Among these is an exact reproduction of the Pourtales vase in the British Museum, on a specially designed pedestal to be competed for by amateur epee fencers, and offered by the Fencers of the United Kingdom. Mme. de Montgomerie has offered a prize for the discus, and the $1000 challenge shield, offered by the National Physical Recreation Society, will be open for all comers in this event. The games will take place soon after the Henley regatta...
...rowing authorities at Oxford and Cambridge have declined the invitation of the commissioners of the Jamestown Exposition to send over the winner of the next British inter-university crew race to meet the winner of the next Harvard-Yale race. The proposition was made that the race should be held at the exposition next summer...
...rowing authorities at Oxford and Cambridge have declined the invitation of the commissioners of the Jamestown Exposition to send over the winner of the next British inter-university crew race to meet the winner of the next Harvard-Yale race. The proposition was made that the race should be held at the exposition next summer...