Word: latin
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Three years ago representatives from Hopkinson's school in Boston, invited the Roxbury Latin School and the St. Mark's School to send delegates to a convention called for the purpose of organizing an athletic association among the schools, something similar to the intercollegiate association. At the meeting a constitution was adopted, officers elected, and a list of twelve events made out, including the principal Mott Haven events. The first field meeting was held at Southboro, on the grounds of St. Mark's School. To the general surprise, Hopklnson's School won the pennant with six first and three second...
...meeting was held the next year on the Union baseball grounds in Boston. Roxbury Latin won easily, taking seven out of twelve first prizes, including the tug-of-war, and one second prize. Hopkinson's won four firsts and three seconds, and St. Mark's one first and seven seconds. At this meeting, Loring of Hopkinson's made the exceptionally good record of 54 3-4 seconds in the 440 yards dash, and 24 1-4 seconds in the 220 yards dash...
...instruction given in the American colleges in 1789 was by no means advanced. We can see how it was with Harvard from the change of curriculum effected in 1787. Up to that time the Latin and Greek provided had consisted of Virgil Cicero's Orations and the Greek Testament. By the changes made in 1787 the students were to read in Latin, Horace, Sallust and Cicero "de Oratore;" and in Greek, Xenophon and Homer. Even this was not a more advanced curriculum than that of the best preparatory schools of the present time. The study of mathematics was probably...
...Robinson will probably retain his professorship of moral and intellectual philosophy as well as the Elton professorship of Natural Theology. John L. Lincoln, professor of Latin language and literature, is spoken of as a temporary holder of the presidency, but no one has as yet been decided on to fill the place permanently. Prof. Elisha Benjamin Andrews who left the professorship of history and political economy last year to go to Cornell, is one of the most prominent candidates for the presidency and it is highly probable that he will be called to fill the place. President Robinson was graduated...
...members of the class of '86, Cambridge Latin School, are requested to meet at 9 Thayer this evening, Saturday...