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...Presbrey's strong aggregation on Jarvis, yesterday afternoon. By this victory, the "amateur" chamnionship of Harvard goes to the CRIMSON, by whom the cups were offered. The game was won by sharp fielding, and by hard hitting at critical points. The fielding honors were borne off by Faulkner, Houghton, Preston, and Beals for the CRIMSON; and by presbrey and Bemis for the Stars. Williams, Manley and Bemis did the heaviest batting. The victorious nine was composed as follows: Faulkner, '87, p.; Houghton, '87, c.; Beals, '88, 1 b.; Preston, '87, 2 b.; Rich, '87 3 b.; Parker...
...account of the revival of interest in antique sculpture after the neglect of the Dark Ages, by William Shields Liscomb, under the title of "The Quest for the Grail of Ancient Art;" a second paper of Madame Mohl's Salon; and an article on "Vernon Lee," by Harriet W. Preston. Dr. Holmes's charming papers are continued. Bradford Torrey contributes a pleasant paper on "Winter Birds about Boston." "A Sheaf of Sonnets," by Helen Gray Cone, and verses by Edith Thomas, and E. R. Sill, complete the poetry, while a criticism of "Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife," reviews of Montcalm...
...field they were greeted with ringing cheers from their respective adherents. From lach of space, the full score is crowded out of this issue, but for the CRIMSON nine, Bemis, Parker, Austin, Williams, Pierson, Bacon, Butler, Morrison and Frye did the best playing, while for the Argonauts, Clark, DeVeau, Preston, Faulkner, Allen, Foster, Fletcher, Austin and Adams bore off the honors. The CRIMSON, base hits 3, errors 96; the Argonauts, base hits, 4, errors 94. On the whole, the game was unsatisfactory, and we hope that another match may be arranged before long...
...better days of this magazine. Richard Grant White contributes the first of two articles on "The Anatomizing of William Shakespeare," giving an interesting study of that author's life and writings. Henry Cabot Lodge writes an excellent article on Willian H. Seward, and Miss Harriet W. Preston discourses on "Matthew Arnold as a Poet." Prof. J. Lawrence Laughlin's article on "The Selver Danger" is a timely one, as is also the article on "The Progress of Nationalism," by Edward Stanwood. The serial stories by Mr. Crawford and Dr. Mitchell are continued, as well as Henry James's series...
...made renowned by one of the largest schools in England, is about ten miles distant from London, and is generally called Harrow on Hill, as it is built about a small eminence. The school was founded in 1571 by "one John Lyon," a yeoman of the neighboring village of Preston, who gave the sum of twenty marks annually for the support and education of the village children. In the same year the school charter was granted by Queen Elizabeth, who approved of the statutes drawn up by Lyon; but notwithstanding the removal of all obstacles, the school was not opened...