Word: court
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard's bequest. It is sometimes said that John Harvard was not the true founder of the College that bears his name, and that he was but the first of its many benefactors. The importance of his gift, however, may be estimated from the fact that although the General Court had appropriated $2000 for the College, it was not paid, and the Court was so poor that it was forced to borrow $1000 of Harvard's bequest...
...Contempt of Court, Criminal and Civil," by J. H. Beale, Jr., '82; "Reasonableness of Maximum Rates as a Constitutional Limitation upon Rate Regulation," by F. M. Cobb; "Right of a Stockholder, Suing in Behalf of a Corporation, to Complain of Misdeeds Occurring Prior to His Acquisition of Stock," by M. Sea songood...
...three plays, is a one-act comedy. M. Carbonnel has had a flirtation of which his wife learns and for which she decides to punish him. She takes from him the keys of the treasure-box, and, in addition, pretends, than a Colonel Bernard of their acquaintance, has paid court to her and still presses his attentions upon her. By threatening to "invite the Colonel," she silences her husband whenever he seeks to prove his masculine superiority. Colonel Bernard, in the meantime, has become engaged and comes to Paris to celebrate his wedding. On his coming to visit Carbonnel, Elisa...
...other speakers on the list, in order of their addresses, were M. C. Sloss '90, of the Supreme Court of California; Dr. H. W. Wiley '73, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry in the United States Department of Agriculture; Professor A. E. Kennelly, Bishop William Lawrence '71, Dr. George A. Gordon, D.D., '81; Sir Courtenay Ilbert of Baliol College, Oxford, present clerk of the British House of Commons; R. L. O'Brien '71, and Dean LeB. R. Briggs...
...although in a long match it tires him to such an extent that it weakness his game. All his strokes are hard and fast. He is extremely brilliant, but equally erratic. His best position is at the net, and his reach allows him to cover a great deal of court. When he is at the top of his game, he is a hard man to beat, and will rank among the best players of this country...