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...celebrated for educational facilities. Mr. Bridge had once before made the city of Cambridge his debtor by presenting it with a statue of John Bridge, the Puritan scholar, which stands on the Common, and now he must be thanked on behalf of the University for this last gift. The oldest document on the college reads as follows : "New England's first fruits in respect to the College of Cambridge in Massachusetts Bay," and is a long discourse on the first struggles and act of organization of our University. This document was written in 1642, and states that the first class...
...lost a friend. He died early on Wednesday morning from heart-disease. His death was as sudden as it was unexpected, and coming so soon before his graduation it seems especially sad. He was born on March 18, 1861, his home was at Newton Highlands. He was the oldest son of Moses G. Crane. He prepared for Harvard at the Newton High School and entered the freshman class in the fall of 1880. His great physical strength gained for him one of the foremost places in college athletics. At the winter meetings of his sophomore year he won first prizes...
...heart of the ancient imperial city of the Tzars, stands the University of Moscow. It is to the munificence of the Empress Elizabeth that Russia owes this splendid institution, of which we know so little. It was founded by her in the year 1765, and although not the oldest of the nine universities which Russia possesses, is by far the most famous...
...always selected for the meets of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association, a description of the different tracks used, and their advantages, is given in the last number of the Amateur A-athlete. The track where the games were held, previous to the spring of '82, was the oldest in New York, that of the N. Y. A. C., at Mott Haven. From the number of years the games were held there, and the uniqueness of the name, the annual meets are still called by many the Mott Haven games...
Heidelberg University is one of the oldest in all Germany, and has had an eventful history. It was founded as early as 1356 by the elector Rupert, but did not acquire the sanction of the Pope, then indispensable to institutions of learning, until 1386. It was modeled after the Paris University of more ancient date, and rejoiced in no less than four faculties, who governed and controlled all matters relating to the college, both financial and education. For many years it was without a library, but this was added by one of the later electors. During the stormy period...