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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...accounts of the temple at Epidauros are of a comparatively late date, and come mainly from Liny, Strabo and Pausanias. Sulla plundered it in 87 B. C., to get money to pay his soldiers, and the temple never entirely recovered from his raid, although in the second century of our era enjoyed the favor of Antoninus Pius, who built baths within its precincts. After that the darkness of the middle ages settled upon Epidauros, and we do not hear of it again until the latter part of the last century, when it was visited first by Richard Chandler, and afterwards...
...written, as the delegate to the Foot Ball convention said, what has become of it? To whom and by whom was it written? Mr. Ammerman does not mention a letter. The first article, (see above) said the offer was made by an influential member of the Harvard nine. The second article says it was a Harvard man, and Mr. Ammerman is not able to give his official connection with the Harvard association...
...first article Mr. Ammerman is offered his "tuition and board and a cash bonus besides;" in the second a scholarship and pecuniary compensation." On inquiry I learn that there are eight scholarships at the Harvard Law school. A condition attached to each and all of them is that the candidate must pass an examination at the end of his first year at the school. The scholarships were awarded in October of this year, a considerable time before Mr. Ammerman was "approached." The first article says the offer was made on November 14. The second says it was early in November...
...play off of the ties in the chess tournament resulted as follows: In the first section Crane beat Burlinham by default: in the second section Baker beat H. G. Nichols. The men in the final round are Crane, Hawes, Adams, Baker, Irwin and F. W. Nicolls...
...meeting of the Shooting club was held at Watertown yesterday afternoon. The attendance was large, but the shooting was hardly up to the average. The first event was the match for the Founders cup, which was won by S. Paine, with a score of 11, MacKay and Bacon were second wish 10 points each. The final score in Match A was next shot. Bacon won first place with 18 points out of a possible 20, and Hastie second place with 17. The best scores in Match B were made by Gould and Pike...