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Henry Dunster was a graduate of Magdalen College, Cambridge, England, in 1630. He came to America in 1640, and in the same year was chosen the first president of Harvard College, which had been founded six years before. His fourteen years of office came at the most critical period in the history of the College, and his service was effectual in placing it on a firm foundation. His resignation in 1654 was the result of a dispute with the stricter Puritans of the colony over church doctrines which Dunster refused to accept. After his resignation he was pastor...
...University team for this year was chosen as the result of a tournament which was begun early in October and was finished a few days ago. Members of last year's team did not compete in the first round, but started in the second. Forty men entered the tournament and were divided into seven sections, from each of which two men were taken up into the second round. These fourteen and the four members of last year's intercollegiate team played in the second round, and from these, the following ten men were chosen to play tonight: E. Q. Abbott...
...comfort of the spectators at the game tomorrow is partly intrusted to a large number of ushers, chosen in a majority of cases without any knowledge of their ability and with the understanding that their chief motive for volunteering was to see the game. They should feel, however, that they owe a duty which must be conscientiously performed before they consider their own inclinations. They should endeavor to seat everyone as promptly as courtesy allows and to keep the aisles free at all times. No matter what arrangements may be made beforehand, the success of the ushering depends upon...
...Delta Upsilon Fraternity has chosen for its annual play "Bartholomew Fair," a five act Elizabethan comedy by Ben Jonson. Performance have been arranged as follows: March 31, Graduates' Night performance in Brattle Hall; April 3 and April 9, public performance in Brattle Hall; April 7, public performance in Boston; April 11, performance in "The Barn" at Wellesley. Arrangements are also being made for performances at Smith College, Northampton, and in New York...
...following men have been chosen to take tickets at the Yale game on Saturday: S. M. Alter '09, E. W. Carmen 1L., F. Clare '10, H. E. Colson '10, H. A. Doherty '08, A. H. Elder 1L., E. P. Fitzgerald 2L., A. N. Godinski sC., B. H. Gordon 1L., H. I. Goslein '09, E. B. Hughes '08, S. H. Hurwitz 1G., G. E. Judd sC., L. T. Judd '10, R. E. L. Kittredge 1G., F. Livesey '08, E. V. Long '10, F. W. Loomis '10, J. Lowenberg '08, D. F. Lynch '11, D. L. Marks 1L., H. D. Mattison...