Word: high
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...intercollegiate constitution, and a new list of events were made up. The annual convention of the association was held last Saturday in the B. Y. M. C. U. building, and nine schools sent delegates to it, viz.: Roxbury Latin, Hopkinson's, Boston Latin, Noble's, Hale's. Newton High, Exeter Academy, Worcester Academy and English High...
...Beals of Roxbury Latin; vice-president, F. C. Green of Hale's; secretary, P. W. Lane of Boston Latin; treasurer, G. Lee of Hopkinson's; executive committee, the president and the president of the H. A. A., ex officio, and A. M. Broughton, Boston Latin; W. F. Boos, English High; R. P. Brown, Worcester Academy; and S. M. Brice, Exeter Academy...
...following is a list of the events to be competed: 100 yds., 220 yds. and 440 yards. dashes, 1-2 mile run, mile walk, 120-yards hurdle race, 1-mile bicycle race, running high and broad jumps, throwing the baseball, throwing the hammer (12 lbs), putting the shot (16 lbs., pole vault...
...favorite of the programme. Gericke brought out the melodic beauties of the work with true artistic feeling. The soloist of the evening was Mr. C. M. Loeffler. His rendering of the Scotch Fantasie was a delightful treat to all music lovers, and in perfect keeping with the high standard of this artist. The work makes unusual demands on the player but Mr. Loeffler met all technicalities with the greatest of ease. The concert ended with the allegretto and finale from Beethoven's eighth Symphony. Mr. Gericke received an ovation as he stepped from the platform. At the end of each...
...exceedingly clever and witty in conversation, and entertaining in a high degree; he wrote verse with charming grace, and had a particularly delicate skill in the turning of fine prose sketches. He could hardly have failed in a literary career, had he lived...