Word: naming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...expressions of all of the botanists of America of love and esteem for their master indicated the high place which the followers of his chosen science accorded him. When Professor Gray first went to Cambridge the establishment was hardly more than a botanic garden in name, and did not include either herbarium library or other proper material for instruction or research. Professor Gray is a foreign member of the Royal Society, of London; he is a foreign member also of the Institute of France, being one of the "immortal eight;" and long ago he was welcomed into all the less...
...class crews, but has a rowing room exclusively for its own use. Up to Monday the candidates were still rowing straight arm, the object at present being to get a good firm position and a proper use of body rather than to acquire any technicalities of the stroke. The name, weight, and a brief criticism of each man is here given...
LOST.- Russia leather pocket-book; owner's name inside. Finder will be rewarded on leaving it at 30 Little...
...Harvard L. L. D. lay in his drawer, And, on it, Jimmy's name-twelve years before...
There are probably but very few persons in the University who are aware of the existence of a book called "Childe Harvard: A Romance of Cambridge." It was published by one of the members of the graduating class of 1848 under the pseudonym of Senior Algerno. The real name is not known, and inquiry gives no information about either author or publisher. "Childe Harvard" is a narrative in verse, and is a travesty on Byron's "Childe Harold." The poem consists of four cantos and covers about 150 duodecimo pages. It is written in a humorons strain, interspersed with some...