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...winning the only victory for the Weld. In the case of the Sophomore crews, however, the Weld eight will also be allowed to enter the class races in view of the fact that it was leading when the accident occurred which prevented it from finishing. A break in the linen covering of the bow of the Weld boat allowed the water to enter until the forward compartment was entirely submerged. Mr. Storrow thereupon called out to Bancroft to stop rowing, the crew was taken off by the launch and the shell was towed back to the Union boathouse...
...actual size photograph on linen of the international chess trophy offered by Mr. Isaac L. Rice of New York has just been received by the Chess Club. The trophy, is a silver cup, having at its top the arms of England, with the English and American flags crossed below. Beneath, supported by two female figures, is a globe showing two hemispheres connected by a cable. Below the globe is represented the American eagle, and on a shield which forms the background of the whole are, on one side, the shields of the four American universities, and on the other those...
Ward and Davis, Harvard, defeated Linen and Thompson, Princeton...
...Anne's time the four leading literary men were Pope, Swift, Defoe and Addison. The last three represented the prose while Pope was the poet. Pope's life and works were closely intertwined and much influenced by his circumstances. He was born in London, the son of a catholic linen draper, but very early in his life his father retired from business to a small estate at Binfield. Pope's education was of the most miscellaneous character; he received his early training at home and later went for short periods to several schools in and about London...
...Lumber, linen...