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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tuition and board and a cash bonus besides;" in the second a scholarship and pecuniary compensation." On inquiry I learn that there are eight scholarships at the Harvard Law school. A condition attached to each and all of them is that the candidate must pass an examination at the end of his first year at the school. The scholarships were awarded in October of this year, a considerable time before Mr. Ammerman was "approached." The first article says the offer was made on November 14. The second says it was early in November. November...
...manuscript edition of the Koran, the Gospel in Greek and Latin, and Eliot's Indian Bible, the first Bible published in America; a Greek bible which belonged to Dunster the first president of Harvard, and a copy of the Bay State Psalm book, which was printed in 1640. end was the first book printed in America north of Mexico...
...feet in diameter, rises a heavy masonry pier where an equatorial telescope of 12 inches aperture will be placed. The tower is covered by a revolving copper dome containing a wide slit which can be turned to any part of the heavens. The main building, situated at the east end of the tower, is 43x27, and 25 feet high. The roof is flat and is reached by a stair case which leads also to the tower. The building contains one large and two small rooms for a library and other uses, a photographic room, and apartments for clocks and minor...
...They show how deeply conscious Jesus was of God's working everywhere in the world, and how this consciousness was His inspiration, and may be ours. We all wish to help humanity, but are in doubt as to this proper method. The development of better persons is the real end to be sought, and this is to be attained only by the better development of our own character...
...spring of '86 he played first base for the first part of the season, and then center field, on the Exeter academy nine, which defeated Andover seven to six. He was one of the heaviest batters on the team. He passed his examinations for Princeton at the end of that year but did not enter college until the fall of '87. In the spring of '88 he was first baseman on the Princeton nine and last year he again occupied that position on the team. His fielding, batting. and base running have always been strong. He has played...