Word: plain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Jack, instructor in forest botany, is conducting a field class at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, on Saturday mornings to assist those who wish to gain a more intimate knowledge of the native and foreign trees and shrubs which grow in New England. The instruction will be given in informal outdoor talks and examination of the plants...
Applications or further inquiries may be addressed to Mr. J. G. Jack, Jamaica Plain...
...they were attracted by the man who told them about it. His extraordinary individuality was felt there as it was everywhere else. Most professors are known chiefly through the subject that they study and teach: strip them of that and, like kings without their robes, they look just like plain men; but with Shaler it was his subject that was known through him; leave off his geology and he was still a marked man, a striking figure, the centre of every group he joined. He was so many other things besides being a geologist and a professor; he served...
...Chess Club in its last match of the season defeated the Jamaica Plain Club Tuesday evening by a score of three to two. First place in the Metropolitan League will be won by either the University team or by the Paul Morphy Club of Boston, depending upon the decision which will be reached regarding two adjourned games. Without these two games the University club has a record of eight and one-half matches won out of a possible twelve...
...Metropolitan Chess League series the Paul Morphy Club defeated the University team last Tuesday night by one point. The University team is now at the head of the league, and only one more game, that with the Jamaica Plain Club on Tuesday, remains to be played...