Word: england
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...thirteenth annual meet of the New England Interscholastic Athletic Association will be held at Mechanics Hall this afternoon at 2 o'clock. About 200 men, representing Andover, Exeter, the Worcester Schools, and the preparatory schools about Boston will participate. Exeter and Andover will enter the greatest number of men, and one of these two is picked for the winner. Last year the meet was won by the Worcester High School...
...team practiced at the Union last night. This team will play against Yale probably on the afternoon and evening of May 23, the day before the Dual Games between Harvard and Yale; and will consist of eight men, chosen from the following members of the Whist Club: A. C. England 3M., S. M. Whalen 1L., A. D. Wyman 1G., C. W. Barry '03, S. Daggett '03, A. E. Ells '02, C. W. Stark '03, L. Werthermer '02, J. M. DeWolfe '04, C. F. Lovejoy '04, R. T. Potts '05, T. L. Stoddard '05, V. K. Keesey...
...membership of the Union up to March 1 was 3819, an increase of 104 during February. Among the members are men from almost every state and from the following foreign countries: England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Egypt, China, Japan, and Korea...
...convention of the officers of the New England Students' Y.M.C.A. will take place at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., from April 3 to 6. The chief object will be to discuss the work and aims of the various associations. M. T. Lightner '03, president of the St. Paul's Society, and G. E. Huggins 1G, E. C. Carter 2G., and R. S. Wallace '04, of the Christian Association will be the Harvard representatives...
...ancestors of the Boers bought the land they settled on at Cape Town. They were joined by a number of Huguenots from France and lived by cattle raising. Cape Colony was in a flourishing condition when it was seized by the English in 1775, during the war between England and Holland. The Boers were soon in trouble with the English. England demanded the abolition of slavery and agreed to pay an indemnity to the Boers for their loss. The indemnity was made payable in London, and many of the burghers were therefore unable to collect it. The English gave...