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Word: closes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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ENTRIES for the H. A. A. will positively close on Tuesday, May 20. Each entry, one dollar, to be returned to all who cover the distance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 5/16/1879 | See Source »

...very unusual. It is said that in his practice runs he had done his distances in shorter time than any on record, and in the Athletic Sports which were held in Gilmore's Garden toward the end of March, he had run a race with Mr. Lee so close that at the end no one but the judges was prepared to say which was the winner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 5/16/1879 | See Source »

...ought to have such a right is the point proposed to be decided. No one, of course, questions the diligence and fidelity of the present board, and it is only to promote the true interests of the University, and to provide against the evils which have arisen from close corporations, that the present step has been taken. Until both sides, however, have been fully heard, it would be hardly fair to pass a judgment; but as the case stands now, we are confident that the Harvard Club has the sympathy of a majority of the graduates, and we wish success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/2/1879 | See Source »

...legal prohibition to prevent any graduate, in whatever State he claims a home, from becoming an Overseer. Furthermore, that since, of the thirty Overseers, some twenty live within sight of the State House in Boston, the obvious tendency of the Board in future is to the character of a close corporation, whereas it was clearly the design of the Act of 1865 to withdraw the College entirely from connection with the State and from local opinion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD CLUB vs. THE OVERSEERS. | 5/2/1879 | See Source »

...well as highly enjoyable in its individual works, which were rendered in a conscientious manner. Mr. Paine's interpretation was especially noteworthy in the Bach Concerto. The audience - a large part of which, we are glad to say, consisted of students - seemed interested in all the numbers, paying close attention and warmly applauding. The characteristic Hunting Chorus met with especial favor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROFESSOR PAINE'S RECITAL. | 4/1/1879 | See Source »

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