Word: lincoln
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Class of 1857. Solomon Lincoln, Boston...
PROVIDENCE, R. I., April 29.- The annual spring meeting of the Brown University Athletic Association drew a large crowd to Lincoln Field this afternoon. There was some good new material, and the college records were broken in the mile walk, in the two-mile run and the hammer throw. The college championship was won by the sophomore class, with the juniors second. The summaries and winners...
...follows: Referee, G. Collamore '93. Judges at finish, N. W. Bingham '95, M. Chamberlain, P. S. Lowell B. A. A. Field judges, H. A. Frothingham '94, A. B. Holmes '96, R. B. Williams '96, H. H. Fuller '96. Timers, F. M. Wood B. A. A., C. M. Lincoln B. A. A., J. G. Lathrop. Starter, J. W. Bowler. Judge of walking, J. G. Lathrop. Clerk of the course, H. W. Howe '97, assistants, E. L. Rantoul '97, W. E. Dexter '97, F. R. Nourse '99, L. T. Baker '99. Marshal, A. H. Bullock '96. Scorer, L. W. Jenkins '96. Inspectors...
...play was ten to two in favor of Mr. Walcott. The match lasted about two hours. The summary of the games is as follows: Ryder .5, Froulke and Dexter 0, Thayer 0, Holway 0, Davis .5, Drury 0, Low 0, Parker 1, Barnard 0, Giese 0, Dunn 0, Lincoln 0. Total, Chess Club, 2; Walcott...
...said that when he recalled his college career the scenes which he remembered best were those when news from the war was heard. Very often the newspapers contained accounts of battles and lists of Harvard men who had died for their country. Thirty years ago, on Good Friday night, Lincoln was assassinated. All day long the bells in Cambridge tolled, announcing his death. On the day that General Lee surrendered the college gave a holiday to celebrate the good news. At the Commencement of that year Lowell read for the first time his "Commemoration...