Word: rising
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Dean Hodges of the Episcopal Theological School will deliver the fourth of his series of sermons on the early history of the church at St. John's Chapel tomorrow afternoon. His subject will be the Rise of the Episcopate...
Last evening Professor John Fiske delivered the fifth of his series of lectures on the early history of the southern colonies. He discussed the condition of the colony at the downfall of the London Company and the rise of self government under a governor and council appointed by the king...
...intercollegiate shoot held Saturday morning between Harvard, Princeton and Yale was won by the latter, with Princeton second, and Harvard last. As there was a rise in the Charles River Saturday morning which flooded the shooting stand, and as there was high wind blowing, the conditions were anything but favorable for good shooting...
...renewal of the dual league is certainly for the welfare of both Andover and Exeter. With the termination of the dual league three years ago, healthy athletic competition between the two academies gave way to frequent wrangling; and the many unpleasant charges and counter-charges gave rise to much ill feeling. As the rivalry ended, athletics languished, and the school teams fell off in excellence...
This match is for the Intercollegiate Cup offered by "Shooting and Fishing." The conditions are as follows: First, each team is composed of five men; second, each man shoots at thirty birds, sixteen yards rise, thrown from three unknown traps five yards apart; third, ten gauge guns are penalized two yards; fourth, broken pigeons, or pigeons not properly thrown, are no birds; fifth, a misfire does not count, but, if the wrong trigger is pulled, or if the safety is not pushed up, the bird is lost. The match will begin at ten o'clock...