Word: met
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Jack of the Guards. His mother, a lioness of a woman, was deserted by her husband, and left with her "lame brat." She was the worst kind of woman to bring up such a child. He succeeded his father as Lord Byron in his eleventh year. In 1803 he met the Mary of his poems, whose marriage with another later saddened his life but inspired his genius...
...well-known column in Harper's Weekly, Mr. Caspar W. Whitney has accused Harvard of being unsportsmanlike in its dealings with Yale in regard to the coming track athletic games between the two colleges. As will be remembered, delegates from Yale and Harvard met not long ago, to settle the time and place of the games. After holding secret session, they parted without settling upon anything definite. As the games last year were held in Cambridge, it was Yale's turn to set the place. The constitution under which the games are held, provides definitely for the date...
...Sherwin, '94, led, followed by C. D. Heywood, M. I. T. A. A., A. H. Green, '92, J. E. Morse, B. A. A., G. R. Fearing, '93, G. C. Chaney, '94, and E. B. Bloss, '94. The bar was placed at 4 ft. 8 in. No one met any serious difficulty until 5 ft. 6 1-2 in. was reached. Here Morse, B. A. A., jumped poorly, and dropped out. Bloss had no better luck, and at 5 ft. 8 in., Sherwin and Chaney, were forced to retire to the settee and become spectators. Green succeeded in clearing...
...object of the home is to afford a place where members of the university can be properly cared for when ill. The project was started about a year ago and has met with the approval of the alumni at large and the contributions have been secured without difficulty. The home will be in charge of a physician and a matron and it will fill a long felt want of the university...
...last event was the pole vault, contested by O. G. Cartwright, Y. A. A., J. Crane, Jr., B. A. A., and Wheelwright '94. The bar was placed at 8 ft. and no one met any great difficulty till it was raised to 9 ft. 6 in. Here it took Wheelwright two trials and Cartwright three, to clear the bar. At 9 ft. 10 in. Wheelwright was obliged to drop out. Cartwright failed to make the next height and so took second with a jump of 9 ft. 10 in. Crane then did some beautiful vaulting, clearing...