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Word: justness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Just one minute after play began again, Blodgett squirmed the ball out of a crowd, and threw our first goal. Davidson followed his example and scored a second goal before the second minute was up, by a beautiful under shot. Cambridge made a brace after this, and for fourteen minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse. | 5/2/1887 | See Source »

College began after the spring vacation, Thursday morning. In a few brief remarks after chapel, Dr. McCosh said he wished to correct an impression that prevailed widely that Evelyn College for young ladies was connected with Princeton College. He said, "We have set up no adjunct in the shape of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Letter. | 4/28/1887 | See Source »

The commission had only advisory powers, and they made the country see and appreciate the necessity of sober and thoughtful legislation. The first Inter-State Commerce Bill was proposed by Mr. Reagan, but this underwent numerous changes, until finally the present bill was introduced by a committee on railroads. After...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Hadley's Lecture. | 4/28/1887 | See Source »

The foot races at the Olympic games were of three lengths - namely, once over the course or "stadion," as it was called, and which became the unit of the Greek road measure, being 600 Greek feet, equal to 606 feet 9 inches English: twice over it - that is, from one...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Modern vs. Ancient Athletes. | 4/26/1887 | See Source »

The Harvard Club was founded in 1 865, and among its leading spirits at that time were the Rev. Dr. Osgood, the Rev. Dr. Bellows, Dr. John O. Stone, Frederick A. Lane, and other prominent Harvard graduates in the city. At first it had a room in Fourth avenue and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Club's House. | 4/26/1887 | See Source »

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