Word: britisher
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...child at the time when his uncle usurped the throne. No sooner have the rajah and people retired than Punjab himself, now a wandering sailor who is unaware of his royal rights, abruptly enters and is shortly accosted by John Cass, an antiquarian and phrenologist from the British Museum. Cass tells Punjab that the right ear of the idol is the key to the kingdom, so together they break it off, and each takes half. Sthu Pid, the Chinese guardian of the idol, at once discovers the theft, and greatly frightened, is about to make s search, when...
...Yale, Columbia, and Princeton, will be on exhibition in the Living Room of the Union today and tomorrow, and in Gore Hall on Friday and Saturday. The trophy is a silver shield given by Mr. I. L. Rice and valued at $1200. It was recently won temporarily by the British universities and will therefore be sent to England shortly...
...position of assistant commandant-general of the Transval forces, second in command to General Botha. He played a prominent part in the battles of Colenso, Spion Kop and Vaalkrantz, besides being on active campaigning duty at other times. On January 25, 1902, he was captured by the British and sent to St. Helena, where he was imprisoned until the end of the war. He was also a member from Johannesberg in the Transvaal Volksraad...
...Sidney Lee. Litt.D., of London, lectured in Sanders Theatre last evening on "National Biography." He explained at length the scope and purpose of the monumental "Dictionary of National Biography," of which he has been editor. This dictionary, he said, aims to record notable achievements by men and women of British nationality. Since the names of many Americans who have made their reputation in England are also included in the roll, the dictionary has thus the come in one sense a record of exchange of service. A national biography is the most efficient method, the lecturer state, in conclusion, of responding...
...Thomas Jays of St. Thomas's Hospital, London, will speak at Phillips Brooks House at 7 o'clock this evening, under the auspices of the St. Paul's Society, on his medical work among the natives of West Africa. Mr. Jays was formerly traveling secretary of the British College Christian Union and has for several years been engaged in medical work in Africa. He is now traveling among the American colleges as the representative of the Student Volunteer Movement. The meeting will be open to the University...