Word: placing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...many wrecks lie in this grewsome place...
...first shooting match of the Harvard Rifle Club took place on Saturday. The first prize was taken by R. Tallant, '77; the second prize by J. R. Reed, of the Law School; the third by R. A. Bullock, also of the Law School. The prizes were a silver pitcher, a silver goblet, and a silver ash-tray...
...Corporation in July voted that a public Commencement was impracticable, and that degrees be conferred by a general diploma; and soon after the Overseers voted to remove the College to Concord, having found, on examination, that one hundred and twenty-five students could be boarded in that place. Part of the library and apparatus were taken to Concord, and the students endured the inconveniences of the place as best they could for fourteen months...
...lead was kept throughout, but greatly augmented by an addition of eight runs in one innings. The Yale Nine outbatted us, but in the field had quite a number of errors, though not equalling our number, as the score will show. In the field, Smith, - who took Morgan's place behind the bat on account of the latter's lameness, - Carter, and Downer distinguished themselves, the latter taking a very difficult left-hand catch on first base. For Harvard the playing of Richards, Albert, and Mead was excellent, while Harding surpassed every...
...results of the entrance examinations at the beginning of the Freshman year, the students should be divided into " A" and " B " divisions. All obtaining more than 60% in any branch should be placed in "A" for that department, and all below in "B" At the end of each month or six weeks, on the result of an hour examination at the regular recitation hour, a new allotment of "A" and "B" divisions should be made. Semiannuals and annuals should take place as at present. The instruction in the "A" divisions would naturally be of a higher order than...