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...Reverand Sherard Buildings '80, of Groton, teacher of Haughton. In his schoolboy days and his lifelong friend, opened the simple dedicatory exercises with a prayer. Following him came Dean Briggs. Then the memorial was presented to the University by J.W. Farley '99, Chairman of the Haughton Memorial at Committee, and formally accepted by C.F. Adams '88, Treasurer of the University, who said in part, "We are glad to have this memory kept fresh in the heads and hearts of the generations of Harvard boys who will use this field in the hope that it will inspire them also to give...
...Arthur made the remark that in the presence and hearing of about 300 magicians that Houdini had disintegrated his body, slipped through the keyhole or some cracks and then had reassembled himself, all in the space of about ten seconds. Such a statement is too ridiculous for even a schoolboy to make...
...Book.? As a small boy, Author Durant lived with his parents and his many brothers in factory towns of Massachusetts & New Jersey. His career as schoolboy differed little from that of any other intelligent schoolboy except that at an early age Author Durant received an invitation from a Roman Catholic Priest: "You must study more, and pray more, and always bear in mind that the church has chosen you to be one of our servants. . . ." For some years Jack (as Author Durant has chosen to call himself in these pages) accepts the invitation to be a priest...
...yard run in the second quarter by Hewitt, the schoolboy captain and quarterback, was the most striking feature of the game, but Hewitt failed to cross the goal line and the Freshmen stopped the Academy's advance...
Twice during the first period the Freshmen advanced close to the enemy goal, and both times they were repulsed; once the team was within five yards of the mark and once on the 15-yard line, but each time the strong schoolboy defense prevented any further gain...