Word: formely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Pedigree on your father's side as far back as possible, mentioning ancestors in any way distinguished, and giving occupation and residence of as many as possible. Ancestral line of your mother's family in briefer form. What ancestors or relatives have graduated at Harvard, and when...
...These form what we actually know of his life. Where he was born and in what condition of life he was reared, we do not know and we can only conjecture. But, though he was but a year in America, we find that he received the epithets of "godly gentleman" and "lover of learning," and he seems indeed to have deserved them. His estate shows that he had a competency in England, his library that he was a scholar and a man of some culture; yet for either moral or religious principles, he left everything that could have been dear...
Clark, Denniston, Atkinson and Morison appeared for the running high jump. Dennison was suffering with a sprained ankle and stopped jumping at 5 ft. 2 in. The event was won by Atkinson who cleared 5 ft. 3-10 in. by over an inch. He jumped in excellent form...
...crew weights were used. The crew made a fine show in their new and spotless costumes and the fact that the men were carefully graded in height from bow to stern gave them a remarkably even and regular appearance as they took their seats on the weights. The general form of the crew is better than ever before at this season of the year, and the looks of satisfaction with which they were regarded by the spectators, testified to the confidence with which we look forward to the outcome of our next struggle with Yale. The time was good...
...This is but 2 3/4 inches below the best college record. The bar was started at 6 feet, and was raised 6 inches each time. As the bar was rapidly raised, each jump aroused considerable enthusiasm among the spectators. Mandell and Soren excelled in form, while Field relied largely on his run. Field failed three times at 8 feet, and dropped out of the contest, which was now left to Soren and Mandell. As both these contestants have won the event at different times, and have both made good records, the jumping from this point on was watched with great...