Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...proceeds of the concert given under the auspices of the Classical Club for the benefit of the American School at Athens, amount to seven hundred and eighteen dollars...
...notice of the chorister of the senior class with regard to writing the words of the class song, should receive due attention. It is to be hoped that there will be some competition among the many good verse-makers of which Eighty-seven is possessed, and that the chorister will have more than one song offered. While we would not cast any reflection upon the character of previous songs, and humbly trust that we appreciate their merits, we feel that it would not be amiss, if the chorister were supplied with several contributions, from which to make a selection...
...librarians and a classification of the libraries according to size. The government list comprises all libraries having 300 volumes or over, and contains 5,338. The "Library Journal," however, only reprints the information concerning those of 1,000 volumes or over, and these number 2,981. Forty seven of these have over 50,000 volumes; and among the forty-seven are the public libraries of Boston, Chicago and Cincinnati, and the libraries of Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Cornell and Brown universities. These forty-seven libraries aggregate 5.026,472 volumes; and the whole list of 5,338 libraries aggregates...
...cage by squads of four men from fifteen to twenty minutes a day. As soon as the time for one squad is over and the next one is ready, the men go through a light dumb-bell drill, and then take a run at an easy pace of about seven laps. Four years ago hand-ball was not played at all in connection with the training of the base-ball nines, but now there is not a college in the country which professes to do any gymnasium work which does not require this exercise at least twice a week...
...Right Reverend H. A. Neely, D. D., Bishop of Maine, will preach before the St. Paul's Society in St. John's Chapel at half-past seven this evening. A cordial invitation to be present is extended to the public. Seats will be reserved for students until the opening of the service...