Word: laying
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...efforts. The aversion for the Greek may be too fundamental to be eliminated by a subsidy on the subject in the form of fewer requirements for admission to College. However, results will be watched with great interest. The second change initiated by the modified Old Plan aims to lay emphasis on the quality as well as the quantity of work done in preparation for admission. When a candidate has not enough units to qualify for unconditional admission, his examination books and school record will receive careful consideration. The result is as it should be, that requirements for admission will vary...
Gustafson devoted his attention chiefly to the practical side of the game and stated that the reason for past successes lay in the existence of a "family feeling" among all members of the team. Every man must apply himself diligently to learning the rudiments of the game, and Freshman candidates particularly should devote themselves to securing a mastery of the rules. Alexander was the last speaker, and after mentioning the success of the University teams in the last six years spoke of the formation of a Boston Lacrosse Club...
...ships will rendezvous at some New England port at the beginning of the summer. The first weeks will be spent cruising about from Portland, Me., to New York, dividing the vessels into two fleets for mimic warfare, and while lying at anchor, learning to lay mines, to handle the boats, and to overhaul the machinery...
...Harvard Club of Boston will lay the cornerstone of its new club house on Commonwealth avenue, just west of the corner of Massachusetts avenue, this evening at 8 o'clock. It had been planned to have an claborate program for laying the cornerstone, President Eliot being among the proposed speakers. President Eliot, however, feeling indisposed, has been obliged to decline the invitation to address the club; so the program will be almost entirely impromptu. The Alumni Chorus and an orchestra will render a musical program...
...which he was for a number of years a professor and the dean. He is a historian of note and the author of a number of books, including "The Life of Roger Wolcott, Governor of Massachusetts," "A Study of Phillips Brooks," "Proportional Representation in the House of Clerical and Lay Delegates" and "Visions and Service...