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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshmen held their class meeting yesterday afternoon in Upper Massachusetts. The meeting was called at 3 o'clock. At 2.57, Mr. Walter Littlefield, of the English High School, called the meeting to order, and W. P. Tryon, of the Boston Latin School, was elected chairman. At 3 o'clock, another large delegation appeared, who challenged the election of the chairman, on the ground that the meeting had been called before the appointed hour, and they, on their part, elected another man, Mr. Clark, of Boston, to fill the office...
William Byrd Page, the great high jumper of the U. of P., has announced his intention to withdraw permanently from the athletic field...
This action of the committee has led to the formation of the Interscholastic Foot Ball Association, in which the following schools are represented: Roxbury Latin, Boston Latin, Chauncy Hall, Cambridge High and Latin combined, Mr. Hopkinson's, Mr. Hale's and Mr. Nichols'and Mr. Stone's combined, and Mr. Noble's. The officers are as follows: President, R. B. Beals, Roxbury Latin School; Vice-President, E. B. Randall, Mr. Noble's school; Secretary, F. W. Lord, Mr. Hale's school; Treasurer, F. Loring, Mr. Nichols' school. The series of games consists of one game with each school...
...cotta mouldings and a free use of copper in the stack and elsewhere. The book stack (only one-third of which is to be built at present), will be, when entire, 96 by 110 feet; the main building is 140 feet by 89, and the tower is 95 feet high. The utmost care has been shown in providing for the three essentials to a good library-first, the accommodation for the books themselves; second, the space and facilities afforded the librarian and his assistants, and third, the convenience and comfort of all who use the library. Mr. Justin Winsor...
...studies will face the south and west, thus securing as much sunlight as possible, and giving a superb view of Cambridge Common, the Washington elm, and old Christ Church. The inside finish of the rooms will be of quartered oak, with a dado of the same, three feet high, while the mantels are to be of Knoxville grey marble. The ceilings will be tinted in water colors, and there will be a handsome picture-moulding on the walls...