Word: silver
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...trophies for last year's 'varsity crew will be silver loving cups. On one of the spaces between the handles will be the Yale and Harvard flags crossed; on the second space the seal of the university, with a pair of oars crossed; and on the third the names of the men and the positions which they rowed. The freshman crew trophies consist of blue silk flags, fringed with gold and lettered in gilt. On each one is the inscription: Yale '97, Columbia '97, Harvard '97; won by Yale '97; also the time, the recipient's name and position...
...Yale Gymnasium on Friday evening, March 22. The following handicap events will be open to amateurs: 30 yards dash, 6 ft. limit; 35 yards hurdle (3 ft. hurdle) 2 yards limit; running high jump, 6 inches limit; pole vault, 12 inches limit; 16 Ib. shot, 6 ft. limit. Silver cups will be given to first and second in each event. The entrance fee for each event is 50 cents. Spiked shoes cannot be used. All entries will close on March...
...prizes for the Camera Club exhibit were awarded yesterday afternoon. The judges were Mr. George M. Morgan, vice-president of the Boston Camera Club, and Mr. Francis R. Allen, a member of the same club, and well known among amateur photographers. The first prize of a silver medal was awarded to F. E. Frothingham L. S. S., for the best all round work. The prize was awarded not to any one picture, but to the group. The second prize of a bronze medal was awarded to C. P. M. Rumford '97, for his group of pictures, which were taken...
...races of various lengths, including a long distance run from Marathon to Athens (48 kilometres), bicycle races, running high and long jumps, putting the weight, lawn tennis, cricket and general gymnastics, shooting, fencing and swimming tournaments, boat races of all sorts and the regatta. The prizes will probably be silver wreaths of laurel or olive, and be awarded by the Greek King in person. The Crown Prince is chairman of the large managing Greek Committee and is taking a most active part in the work. According to present arrangements, the games will be inaugurated on Greek Independence Day, April...
...Godfrey Kneller was the first English portrait painter to achieve a great reputation. He left behind him a substantial fortune and five hundred unfinished portraits. Grace rather than likeness characterized his work. William Hogarth succeeded Kneller. He was at first an apprentice to a silver-smith and then an engraver. In 1727, then in his thirtieth year, he painted his first portrait. He became famous by his satirical representations of vice and folly. His picture, Marriage a la Mode, which now hangs in the National Gallery is his masterpiece...