Word: gave
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...later codicil is dated May 7, 1887, and reads as follows: "By a codicil to said will which bore date Dec. 18, 1882, I gave to the president and fellows of Harvard College certain amounts of money on the contingency therein set forth, which codicil I hereby confirm, and I direct that so much of the income of any sum or sums of money that shall be received by said president and fellows under the provision of said codicil as shall be needful shall be applied to the support of religious worship on Sunday and other days, as the said...
...senior class of the Institute of Technology gave a very successful ball last evening in Odd Fellows Hall, Boston...
...force is only needed to overcome resistance. Without opposition motion would continue forever after being once started. The planets continue to move only because no resistance is offered, otherwise they would have become stationary long ago. In connection with the effect of gravity on matter in motion, Dr. Whiting gave some most valuable advice to novices in bicycle riding. "The easiest way to steer a bicycle is to try to tip it over." Dr. Whiting treated his apparently dry subject in a most entertaining manner, and by means of well-chosen illustrations, both verbal and material, succeeded in giving...
...Ernest Rhys gave an informal talk last evening in Mr. J. H. Sears' room on London Socialists...
...second Dartmouth game, yesterday afternoon, resulted in a victory for Harvard, but the escape from defeat was so narrow that it is hardly a cause for congratulation. The game went against us up to the ninth inning when heavy batting, aided by one or two errors of our opponents, gave us the winning run. The batting of the nine as a whole was very good, especially that of the new men. The cold made fielding swift balls difficult, and many of the errors were due to that. The most noticeable fault of the nine's work was a carelessness...