Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...slow hunt" the pack shall be under the direction of the master of the hunt, who shall also act as pacemaker. During the chase, each member of the pack must keep within calling distance of the master until the latter shall give the signal for the "break"; they may then run as they please to the appointed place of finish...
...last Commencement the board of overseers of Harvard University voted to concur with the President and Fellows in conferring honorary degrees as follows: Degree of doctor of laws, Charles Stebbins Fairchild, Joseph Hodges Choate, Walcott Gibbs. Degree of doctor of divinity, Abiel Abbott Livermore. Degree of master of arts, Edward Burgess, William Endicott, Jr., John White Chadwick...
Monday was Commencement day at Vassar College. Thirty-six degrees of Master of Arts, beside three others, were conferred...
...likely that Stagg will pitch for the Bergen Point nine again this year, as he is to be gymnasium master at Moody's summer school at Northfield, Mass...
...Legislative Act of 1865, "such persons as have received from the college a degree of Bachelor of Arts, or Master of Arts, or any honorary degree," are entitled to vote for Overseers; "provided however, that no member of the Corporation, and no officer of government of instruction in said college shall be eligible as an Overseer or entitled to vote in the election of Overseers; and, provided further, that no person who has received from said college the degree of Bachelor of Arts shall be entitled to vote for Overseers before the fifth annual election after the graduation...