Word: evening
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this limitation is not regarded as a disadvantage, as the meridian position of an object is always best for observation because there the atmospheric obstruction is least. By varying the angle at which the mirror is hung, an object may be kept within the field for two hours, or even more. This motion is regulated by clockwork, which counterbalances the earth's advance through space...
...first place in the chess tournament finally decided to draw lots as to the best means of settling the contest. The drawing gave F. W. Nichols, '92, first prize; F. M. Brown, '90, second, and S. W. Sturgis, '90, third. The games among these players have been so even that several attempts to play off the tie resulted in one victory and one defeat for each man. So much time has been consumed in these matches the only practicable means of finishing the tournament seemed an appeal to chance...
Seldom has so flattering an audience assembled in upper Boylston to greet a lecturer as gathered there last evening to hear Dr. D. J. H. Ward's lecture on Anthropology. The benches began to fill up soon after seven and by half-past, every seat was occupied and a few had even brought in chairs and were sitting about the door. The subject of the lecture was "Anthropology and Sociology," and a printed tabular analysis showing the relation of man to nature, was given to each person on entering the room...
...great statue have been omitted. In a second statuette, discovered later, the reliefs on the shield of the great statue are reproduced after a fashion; the statuette as a whole, however, is a very clumsy piece of workmanship, and much inferior to the one first discovered. But even from the meager accounts we have of the statue of Athena Parthenos, we cannot but conclude that it was a magnificent and imposing work...
...next event was the heavy-weight sparring, for which there were two entries. F. G. Curtis and F. R. Bangs, both of Harvard. The first two rounds were slightly in favor of Curtis. In the third round, however, Bangs took the aggressive, and the exchanges were even. Curtis was awarded the bout...