Word: leader
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...official averages of the base ball association cannot be very pleasant reading for Harvard men; for though Harvard stands by far the leader in the batting and almost, if not quite, a leader in the fielding averages; though she possesses the best individual players in the league, she did not win the championship which ought to have been hers. We shall always maintain that Harvard had the best nine in the league of 1886, and that nothing but a series of accidents lost her the championship; in support of this view the figures now published need only be referred...
...Benjamin Carpenter has been lately elected leader of the Glee Club...
...Lowell is one of Harvard's most distinguished graduates, his remarks have a peculiar significance. It is interesting for us here at Yale, to watch the progress of the discussion, inasmuch as Yale has always been on the conservative side in this question, and has been regarded as the leader in the so-called old school of education. This term does not imply that the course of study here is not in accordance with modern ideas. On the contrary, Yale has alway been ready to introduce new methods and new ideas, when their value has been proved by experience...
...effort is being made at Tufts to revive the Glee Club and secure a competent leader and instructor from Boston. - Boston Herald...
...entrance of the procession, every part of the building was filled by a crowded audience. After a voluntary on the organ, the Rev. Dr. Ripley offered a solemn and fervent prayer. Although more than eighty years of age, he spoke in a clear and powerful voice. Like the Jewish leader, 'his eyes were not dim, nor his natural force abated...