Word: newe
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...recent decision of Judge Van Vorst of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Harvard has lost the bequest of Dr. Martyn Paine, who left his real and personal property to Harvard College for the purpose of establishing scholarships and prizes in memory...
WATERS, the boat-builder, has brought some new models from England, which are claimed to be superior to any heretofore seen in this country. The main point of difference consists in three free floors and fine entrance. They are very much like the 20-inch four used by Columbia at Henley...
...University Club of New York is being reorganized by members of the Alumni Association of the principal colleges. The Committee on Admissions has already elected 250 members. Of this number Yale has 75, Harvard 45, Columbia 22, Princeton 19, Williams 10, Amherst 13. The remainder are from the University of France, from the University of Cambridge, England, and from some of the smaller American colleges...
SEVENTY-EIGHT Sophomores wrote themes on some new study or branch of knowledge which they would like to see introduced at Harvard. Mr. Perry has kindly given the subjects which were chosen, and they are as follows: Shorthand, 11; Chinese Language, 8; Gymnastics, 8; Hygiene, 6; English Literature, 5; Singing, 4; Literature, 4; Greek and Roman Antiquities, 3; Elocution, 3; German Conversation, 3; English Composition, 2; Russian Language, 2; Use of Books, 2; and one each on Political Science, Theory of Mathematics, Advanced Course in Fine Arts, Scientific Theory, History of the United States, Natural History of Every Day Life...
...strolled in; this was a Catholic institution. A jovial old padre, whose profile slightly exaggerated Hogarth's line of beauty, was absorbed in a new French breviary, and lit up every letter on the page by the radiance of his smiles...