Word: dated
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Massachusetts Historical Society, Mr. Robert C. Winthrop, Jr., spoke of the inscription on the base of John Harvard's statue, reading "John Harvard, founder, 1638," which gives the impression that this denotes the year in which our college was founded. As considerable comment has been caused by the date on the inscription, Mr. Wintrop's remarks will be of general interest...
...official catalogues of the university, he said, declare that its natal year was 1636, and this date has been recognized as the true one by successive historians of the college and of New England; and in 1836 the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of this institution was commemorated. It was during the governorship of Sir Henry Vane, and during his auspices, that the college was instituted by the Massachusetts Assembly, which it has been said, was the first body by which the people through their representatives, ever gave their own money to found a place of education. John Harvard...
...Princeton team arrived in Boston last night on the 9 P. M. Train, N. Y. and N. E. R. R., and put up at the Revere House. The team is without the services of Adams, their large centre rush, who has played in all the games up to date. The team will be composed of the following men, Rushers: H. Hodge Irvine, Bird, [captain], Griffith, Harris, Wanamaker, Decamp. Quarter back: R. Hodge. Half backs, Baker, Lamar: Back, Moffatt. Substitutes: Toler, Edwards and Blair...
...forensic department. We would like to point out to him the advantage of an early action upon the petition. In just a week from today the first forensic will be due and we think the total number of forensics for the year should be definitely decided upon before that date. Many men would modify their choice of their first subject if they were sure that only three or four more subjects would have to be prepared by them. If, however, a large number of subjects with which they are more or less familiar has to be reserved for the examination...
...your right as you enter stands a case of rare Roman coins, dating back as far as 400 B. C. They are of bronze, silver and gold; the oldest is a huge bronze as, which must have served the ancients, in time of need, as an excellent sling-shot. Unless you are an infatuated coin-collector, you will not spend much time at this case, but will pass on to other curiosities. On the shelf of a bookcase stands a cast of that grim old Puritan soldier, Oliver Cromwell, from the original mask taken after death and presented to Prof...