Word: francisco
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arrangements consists of Governor Bell, John C. Phillips, Geo. A. Wentworth, Prentiss Cummings and Artemas H. Holmes. On the evening of the first day the reunion of the alumni will take place. On the closing day an oration will be given by Rev. Horatio Stebbins, D. D., of San Francisco, and a poem by Rev. Edward Everett Hale of Boston. At the after-dinner speaking George Bancroft, the historian, will preside...
...come to be a matter of general public knowledge, there can be no doubt that many who would otherwise be deterred from entering Harvard, owing to the great distance and expense of the trip, would thereby be induced to enter. By the establishment of admission examinations at Cincinnati, San Francisco and Chicago, the corporation has shown that it recognizes the force of this influence in preventing or inducing men to enter college, and undoubtedly if it should bring its influence to bear it could secure the desired reductions...
...following remarkably ingenious method for attracting students to Yale is in vogue in San Francisco: Through the beneficence of a certain graduate, the high school of that city offers $100 to every one who is admitted to the freshman class. To the one who passes the most creditable examination on entrance a prize of $250 is awarded...
...novel contest took place Oct. 8 in San Francisco, Cal., between the Olympics and the Featherstone-Adams amateurs. Nine innings were played, the Olympic players using only their left hands. The game resulted...
...claimed that Haley of San Francisco ran the 100 yards dash in nine and four-fifth seconds recently...