Word: courting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...been announced that, in accordance with the decree of Judge Lathrop in the Supreme Court setting a long protracted law suit, Harvard will receive about $70,000. Briefly, the circumstances of the case were as follows...
...tennis tournament by defeating Torrey, Gr. The match was not especially interesting or well played. Lockett played the cooler and more confident game, and had the match well in hand from the start. He played steadily, while Torrey, on the other hand, kept driving the ball out of the court. The score by sets was as follows...
Forfeits will be allowed fifteen minutes after the time matches are called. Leave scores with man at court...
...Princess Elizabeth's Love Affair," Mr. Dodge treats in a discriminative, historical way of what Louisa Muhlbach pictured in a more romantic manner in "Henry VIII and his Court." It is an episode is the great queen's life which is interesting even to the most indifferent student of history. It was Sir Thomas Seymour whom Elizabeth loved, and, as the author of this sketch puts it, "In her love for him she came near wrecking her happiness for his sake, and the sorrowful ordeal dried up all the freshness of her nature...
...played off the semi-finals. The work in these sets was very close and interesting, and called forth the applause of the spectators again and again. The first set went to Herrick, 6-2, owing to his superior placing, and to Coues' inability to get his returns inside the court. Coues won the next set, however, 6-4, by remarkable cross-court and sideline work. This was the most hotly contested and interesting set of the day and abounded in fast, accurate placing and brilliant returns. For the first three games of the last set Coues set a pace...