Word: comstock
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fifth number of the Advocate appears to-day, with more than its usual amount of good reading. Three stories are among the contributions, which speak well for Harvard undergraduate work. The main story is a romance of American life, called "The Story of Gertrude Comstock," in which the composition and arrangement of the plot are peculiarly strong. The style is more of the old-fashioned simple sort, without the tiresome details of the present realistic tendency in literature. The two other tales, The Wanderings of Alexis II. and the Two Margarets are also vigorous and interesting. The verse contributions...
Prof. D. J. Comstock, who has for many years filled so successfully the Latin chair at Phillips Academy, Andover, has declined the invitation given him to become principal of Williston Seminary...
...games at Hartford, yesterday, Harvard beat Yale in the doubles, Brown beat both Amherst and Trinity, Harvard vanquished Amherst, Yale beat Trinity and Brown beat Harvard. In the singles, Clark of Harvard beat Barker of Brown, Sargent of Yale beat Comstock of Amherst, Comstock beat Kurtz of Trinity and Sargent defeated Kurtz. The University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia and Williams have asked to join the association. The tournament will be completed tomorrow...
...score of the games played on Wednesday was: Doubles-Amherst vs. Trinity, 6 to 4, 8 to 6, 6 to 4, in favor of Trinity; Brown defeated Yales, 6 to 3, 6 to 4; Yale beat Amherst, 6 to 4, 6 to 2. Singles-Parker of Brown beat Comstock of Amherst, 6 to 2, to 1; Sargent of Yale defeated Barker of Brown, 3 to 6, 8 to 6, 6 to 0. The colleges were represented as follows: Amherst, Comstock, '83, single player; Wheeler, '84, doubles. Brown Barker, '83, single player; Gardiner, '84, and Hill, '85, doubles. Harvard, Clark...
...Anthony Comstock is raiding the New York pool shops...