Word: fours
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first round of the interclass tennis tournament, played yesterday afternoon at Jarvis Field, the Seniors defeated the Juniors, by winning the best five matches scheduled; the outcome being out of the six singles, and three doubles thus decided, it was not necessary to play off the remaining four. The Sophomores defeated the Freshmen, by winning seven matches...
...play selected by the Dramatic Club for its initial performance is "The Promised Land," a four act drama, by A. Davis '07, of Pittsburg, Pa. The final selection was made by a graduate committee consisting of Professor G. P. Baker '87, Winthrop Ames '95, director of the New Theatre in New York City, and H. T. Parker, dramatic critic of the Boston Transcript. "The Promised Land" was chosen out of six plays referred to the committee. It was written for English 47, Professor Baker's course on the "Technique of the Drama...
...Meyer then turned to his special subject, by stating that we should have a parcel post system in the United States. We must now pay more to send a package from New York to Boston than to ship it to Europe; whereas four pounds is the limit weight for this country, packages weighing eleven pounds can be sent to Europe. If this system were brought up-to-date, it would be of immense value to the farmer, who could order all his goods by mail and thus save time and expense...
Tickets for the course of four concerts to be given in the Fogg Art Museum this winter by the Kneisel Quartet will be put on sale this morning at Amee's Bookstore. The price of course tickets is $6.00 for each ticket, which admits two persons. Course tickets admitting a single person will not be sold, but single admission tickets at $1.00 each may be bought at the door on the evening of a concert. The dates of the concerts are December 8, January 5, February 16, and March...
...entered the mercantile business in Boston. In 1889, he became a member of the Boston Common Council and later served on the Board of Aldermen. From 1892 to 1896 he was in the Massachusetts legislature; during the last two years he presided as Speaker of the House. Four years later Mr. Meyer was appointed American ambassador to Italy, a post which he filled until 1905. In that year, he became ambassador to Russia, and occupied the position till 1907, when he was recalled to become postmaster general in President Roosevelt's Cabinet...