Word: masters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fight between Tom and Slogger Williams, has been more read by English boys than any other of any other book in the language-as he used to read it at school. He recalls the private school matches-games of the mildest description, pursued under the immediate eye of a master. He remembers his transfer to the world of public school foot-ball the punt about between hours, the compulsory game, the matches for "cock house," the foreign matches, the Old Boys' match, and finally the ecstatic moment when he found himself elected to the dignity of a cap. That...
Derangement of mind resulting from "an attempt to master the classics," is the cause assigned for the recent suicide of a young lady of Wilkesbarre...
Perhaps the most widely known master of the school was Dr. Francis Gardner, whose eccentricities were more than balanced by the success of his methods of instruction. He formed a prominent figure in the history of the school, and will always be remembered with respect by those who studied under his directions. At the present time the school is entering upon a new era of prosperity, and now that it has become settled in its new building, it bids fair to become more popular than ever before...
...each man in Harvard is his own master, and if he lives fast it is of his own choosing; for every man can find good friends of his own stamp in the multitude of students attending the university...
There will be a hare and hounds slow hunt on Thursday, Dec. 6th. Brandt, '85, master of hounds, and W. Fish, '86, and E. S. Hawes, hares. The entry book will be at Bartlett...