Word: life
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...said that twenty-five years ago John Harvard was a mere name and that his history was unknown. Today we know intimately his own life, his parentage, and his surroundings...
...child he must have been known to William Shakespeare. When John Harvard was 18, he lost his father and two brothers in the plague, and at the age of twenty, after his mother's third marriage, he went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. We know much of his life there, his teachers, the events of which he was a spectator, and above all, his friends, chief among whom was John Milton, one year his junior. There was a close friendship between the two young men during the five years of John Harvard's residence in Cambridge. At 28, he received...
...forward pass. Gilder, who played during most of the game at quarterback, after Newhall was injured, covered his backfield position fairly well, but used very poor judgment in his choice of plays, and did not run the team with the snap which characterized Newhall's playing. Wendell was the life of the Harvard backfield, and in his first game of the season showed all his former speed and ability to keep his feet. He made some fumbles, however, which proved costly. Apollonio backed up the line well on the defense and when called upon to carry the ball...
...objects were obtained for the most part along the northern coast of Dutch New Guinea from the western extremity of Humboldt's Bay, and are extremely valuable in illustrating the life of the natives. The collection consists of spears, bows, arrows, shields, household and cooking utensils--many beautifully carved and painted--objects of dress and personal adornment in great variety, figure-heads of canoes, drums and other instruments used in the war dances, mats, and household gods and images...
...second smoker of the Catholic Club, to be held this evening at 8 o'clock in Newsman House, 32 Mt. Auburn street. His subject will be "Demagogues and Demigods," and his address will deal with radicalism in speech and action as manifested in politics and in every-day life. All members of the University are invited to be present...