Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most distinguished gathering of literary people ever assembled at one time. People flocked from all parts and paid fabulous prices for seats. The press of the country gave long accounts of it and London papers even went so far as to have the news cabled to them. The event marked an important period at Harvard...
...became very attached to his cousin Theodora Cowper, but her father would not consent to their marriage no matter how much the lovers urged. They parted never to meet again. She remained unmarried and the event had a lasting influence on Cowper perhaps tending to make him more somber. His father now died in 1756 and soon after his best friend Sir Russell drowned in the Thames, and Cowper felt that he was left alone in the world...
...exhibition fencing between M. Thiebeau B. A. A. and A. G. Thacher B. A. A. the former showed much shall in disarming Thacher but the latter won the event getting the largest number of points...
...third event was fencing. The first bout was between J. A. Gade L. S. S. and J. Caswell '95, Gade winning 5 points to 3. In the next bout R. B. Merriman '96 beat A. Borden '96 5 points to 1. In the finals Gade beat Merriman 5 points...
...sixth event, the horizontal bar, the performances of Moore '93 and Bardeen '93 were noteworthy and they got first and second prizes respectively...