Word: f
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...F. E. Haynes, '89, read the Bowdoin Prize Dissertation on "The Prospect of a Constitutional Government in Germany," before an audience interested in the subject, last night in Sever 5. He said that the first step towards a constitution was taken after the fall of Napoleon, when the confederation of the German states was formed. Up to 1848, however, there was virtually no constitution, as the bodies empowered to form one did not do so. The revolutions in all the other states in 1848 caused the monarchs of these states to yield, and a parliament representing the people was formed...
...cablegram announces that Dr. C. F. P. Bancroft, principal of the Phillips Andover Academy, who is traveling in Egypt and the Holy Land this year, has arrived at Cairo on his way down the Nile. He is said to have been present at the baseball game between the Chicagos and the All-Americans, played near the pyramids...
...DUANE,F. C. COBB,P. C. STEWART, Committee...
...first business of the meeting was the election of officers for the ensuing year as follows: President, A. F. Clark, of Williams; first vice-president, C. E. Moulton, of Dartmouth; second vice president, H. C. Bemis, of Amherst; secretary and treasurer, Richard Belcher, Amherst. Messrs. Belcher, Clark, Jones and Kramer, were elected a judiciary committee, whose work it should be to adopt rules, choose the umpires, and make the schedule. The championship for '88 was formally awarded to Williams. The association is in a flourishing condition, and there is every prospect that the coming season will be a very successful...
...F. GAY, Secretary.JUNIOR DINNER.- The junior dinner will take place at the Parker House on the evening of Tuesday, Feb. 19. Book for signatures at Leavitt's. Men should sign as soon as possible...