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...umpire was very partial to Pennsylvania in all his decisions and evidently tried to keep Harvard's score down as much as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, 50; U. of P. O. | 11/20/1888 | See Source »

...January 1st, at a town called William, in the Sacremento Valley. Under favorable circumstances this eclipse will be visible over a strip of country one hundred and twenty miles long; it will also be visible as a sunset phenomenon in Canada near Lake Superior, and as a partial eclipse as far east as New York. Owing to the wide range of country from which the eclipse is visible an excellent chance is offered to solve various problems concerning the sun's course and the amount and intensity of the light emitted under the given conditions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Astronomical Expedition to Peru. | 11/16/1888 | See Source »

...partial list of the practice games to be played by the Princeton eleven is as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Football Schedule. | 10/9/1888 | See Source »

...action of the French department in abandoning all examinations in three courses is worthy of imitation in other branches. It marks the beginning of a movement which, it is to be hoped, will end in the partial or total abandonment of the much-dreaded finals and mid-years. In the foreign universities, the only examinations are those required for a degree; and even these are not answers to a paper, but consist of carefully prepared theses. In those courses here in which theses and special reports are required there is no excuse for the present system, and several instructors have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/14/1888 | See Source »

...slater. The building was valued at about $2,500 and was an utter loss. All except one lost a large part of their stock, in fact little was saved except a few shells and a large part of the slater's stock. Most of the occupants had, however, a partial insurance. The fire is supposed to have been an incendiary, there being every evidence that it was set in the rear of the carpenter's shop on the second floor. A large number of students were present and enjoyed the blaze...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire on Holyoke Street. | 3/29/1888 | See Source »

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