Word: led
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Country team yesterday afternoon Amos Roberts Bancroft '17, of West Newton, was elected captain for the 1916 season. Bancroft prepared at West Newton High School and ran on his Freshman team. That year he finished with the leaders in every run and in the race with Providence Tech, he led his team in. Last year he was prevented from running because of difficulty with the office. In the early part of the past season he did brilliant work, being the first man over the line for the University in the Cornell race. Unfortunately an attack of blood poisoning...
...game a large part of the season with an injured leg, he showed up extremely well while he was able to play and his return to the line just before the Princeton-Yale game was a material factor in Yale's victory over the Tigers. Last year he led his Freshman team through a very successful schedule...
...regular weekly meeting of the Christian Association will be held in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House tomorrow morning at 9.45 o'clock. The topic for discussion, "The Christian's Attitude Towards Military Preparedness," will be led by E. Griffin '16. All members of the University are invited to attend and take part in the discussion...
...will be sounded at that hour to summon all members of the University to pay homage to John Harvard's memory. E. H. Foreman '16 will deliver a short address, and the ceremonies will close with the placing of wreaths upon the statue and the singing of "Fair Harvard," led by members of the University Glee Club. The gathering will then adjourn to Appleton Chapel, where the Reverend Paul Revere Frothingham '86 will speak on a special topic, appropriate to the occasion...
...until recently that any authentic clue was found as to the exact date of John Harvard's birth. The entry--"1607, November 29, John Harvey, S. of Robt. a Butcher"--which appeared in the baptismal files of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, led historians, upon the occasion of the 300th celebration of his birth to fix November 26 as his rightful birthday. This was done because the custom in vogue in churches at that time required the baptism of all children on the third day after birth. In lieu of holding the celebration on Friday morning when few men would...