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Gainsborough's "Portrait of Count Rumford", bequeathed to the University by the will of Edmund Cagswell, Converse, has recently been hung in the Gallery of the Fogg Art Museum...
Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, was born at Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1753, of parents who were on both sides of English descent. In the War of Independence he espoused the British cause and in 1776 sailed for England with despatches announcing the evacuation of Boston by the British troops. In 1783 he was advanced to a colonelcy in the "King's American Dragoons" and placed on half pay. In the same year he was knighted by George III. He then entered the service of the Elector of Bavaria and remained at Munich for eleven years. In 1791 he was made...
Displaying a superior brand of play in every phase of the game, the University basketball five won from the Massachusetts Agricultural College team last night by a 33-20 count. In spite of the tight five-man-defence which the Aggies offered, the Crimson managed to break through repeatedly or, when unguarded, tally on long, mid-floor shots. The game was fast throughout and, in the middle of the second period both coaches put in fresh fives to relieve the first-string players for a few minutes...
...team to within one point of tying the Crimson by tossing in a one-handed shot, when he had stumbled and fallen to the floor. Black, Fitts and McLeish, however, each scored from the floor and the last named made two more successful free tries before the visitors could count again, running the score up to 12-4. Then M. A. C. staged a sharp rally which was offset by long shots by Black and Fitts, the half ending with the score reading 17-11 in favor of Coach Wachter...
...attack is built upon a speedy and aggressive offensive although in earlier games their passing has been rather erratic and unsteady. In their victory over M. I. T. the Aggies showed a clear superiority over the Engineers, and by tight defensive work won from Trinity by a 28-18 count...