Word: rightly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Ninety Blue Rock targets are to be shot at, thrown from a Blue Rock trap a distance of not less than 40 yards. Each contestant to shoot at thirty targets, 10 consecutively before leaving the score. The first ten to be thrown straight away. The second 10 at a right angle, to the right. The third 10 at a left angle, to the left. The shooter shall stand 16 yards from the trap if using a 12 guage gun, or 18 yards for a 10 guage...
...Hunt the new centre field hit very hard, but was unfortunate in knocking flies to fielders. Kellogg, who was a substitute last year, showed up remarkably well, both at the bat and in the field. The outfield, notwithstand the absense of Brigham and Sheppard did some fine work, right field being the weakest spot. In all probability neither Brigham nor Sheppard will be seen on the field this year. The former will not return from Europe until the middle of June, and will then hardly be in condition to take part in the closing games. He worth, the change pitcher...
...chancellor's reason for trying to keep the Paris masters in his jurisdiction was a fear of definite organization, which would carry out the proposed opposition to his graduating younger men, who as teachers would of course reduce the fees of the other instructors. The masters claimed the right to be consulted by the chancellor in the conferring of degrees, since they, not the chancellor, had any interest in restraining the number of teachers. Soon the masters began to claim that the chancellor's duty was only to graduate after they had certified to the candidate's fitness by public...
...Harriman delivered the opening speech on the affirmative. Mr. Cleveland is entirely right, said he, in persisting in his steady opposition to the extravagant pension grants of our national Congress. We are liberal enough with our pensions already. Had the Dependent Pension bill become a law, it would have taken at least $50,000,000 out of the national treasury, and increased our total pension list to over one hundred millions. We should have been taxed as heavily for this purpose as are many of the countries of Europe which have to support large standing armies. Many of our most...
...Cambridge at his class reunion in 1836 he wrote "Fair Harvard." He was then the guest of Miss Fay - a niece by marriage - who owned the building on the corner of Mason and Garden streets. While her guest, Mr. Gilman, occupied the room over the parlor on the right looking out upon Shepherd Memorial Church, and it was here that he composed his famous verses. Since the Fay house has become the property of the Annex, Mrs. Caroline Howard Gilman, the widow of the Rev. Samuel Gilman, has presented to this room a picture of her husband, under which...