Word: exceptional
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...Chamberlin and Brown and Mulford has not yet been played. The winners will be tied with two other couples for second place. The games in the play-off in both sections must be finished before Wednesday, March 13. They will be governed by the same rules as before, except that contestants will be required to keep account of games as well as matches. In case of another tie in the number of matches won, the pair winning the most games will be entitled to enter the final round. Matches in this round may be played as soon as the contestants...
...Williams was the preacher of the afternoon. He read a part of the seventeenth chapter of John, and selected the verse, "Howbeit this kind goeth not out except by prayer and fasting," as the text of his remarks. He said that God demands the spirit of prayer and fasting in every man who desires true success in any work. There are some men of brilliant genius to whom the favors of life come unsought who appear to be independent of this law; but the spontaneous success of their undisciplined genius are never permanent or satisfying. To possess the spirit...
...following extract is from the laws of Yale College, published in 1775: "No freshman shall wear his hat in the college yard except it rains, hails or snows, unless he be on horseback or hath both hands full...
Gold medals will be given the winner in each event, and silver medals for second prizes. In the tug-of-war, only first prizes will be given. Entrance fees for all events, except tug-of-war, are fifty cents; for tug-of-war teams, $2.00. All entries must be sent with the fee before March 23d to J. Wendell, Jr., secretary of the H. A. A., 9 Linden street, Cambridge, Mass...
...tonight of all those interested or who were at any time members of Phillips Exeter Academy. The object is the formation of an Exeter Club. It is to be hoped that there will be an attendance of all the Exeter men in college. Almost all the large preparatory schools except Exeter have flourishing representative clubs at Harvard, but although there has been much said about the formation of an Exeter Club, the graduates of that school, up to two weeks ago, had not seen fit to interest themselves in the matter. An opportunity is now offered all those...