Word: gave
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last night was a great success. Nearly every seat was taken in the hall of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association, and all the clubs made an exertion to give a satisfactory concert. The tickets were sold mostly by private subscription, and the result was an audience which gave the clubs a very warm reception and demanded an encore for nearly every number on the following program...
...Gaines and Ellis now appeared for the final feather-weight. Gaines forced the fighting, but not very hard. Ellis stood up to his work well and the first round was anyone's. In the second round Gaines attempted a more aggressive style, rather too much so, for it gave Ellis a fine chance. Ellis was decidedly the fresher at the end of the third round and was awarded the feather-weight. A little surprise was now in store for the spectators. A bout was announced between Bangs and Bowen, Harvard '88, whose name did not appear on the program. This...
...vase-painters, and was subjected to endless variations in artistic handling. The Judgment of Paris was also a favorite subject in every period, although the art-types were very different in the archaic age from those of later times. The series of stereopticon views used to illustrate this incident gave a good idea of the artistic progress of the vase-makers, beginning with the stiff and conventional figures of the early vases and continuing down to the time when landscape and a background were introduced. The abduction of Helen by Paris was a fruitful theme which gave rise to several...
...Glee Club gave a concert in the Town Hall at Watertown, Wednesday evening, before a large and enthusiastic audience. After the concert the members of the club were entertained at the house of Mr. Coolidge at Mount Auburn. The club returned to Cambridge at midnight and sang a few songs in the yard before dispersing...
...Fewkes then spoke for an hour in an informal manner, avoiding technical terms and trying to interest eve the youngest. He gave a general idea of the habits and functions of the common star-fishes found in Massachusetts Bay and on the New England coast. He then told in simple language how the animals see, and illustrated the appearance of their eyes by drawings. Then he described the way in which a star-fish eats and how he opens the shells of oysters. The various kinds of locomotion were next described and the system of suckers, or ambulacral feet shown...