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...have faced these odds bravely. On this account we are convinced that staunch support is due the team,-a support which is not frightened by defeats; and it is with genuine pleasure that we not and shall note every good showing which the nine makes. And yet even the staunchest supporter must have come near despair after Saturday's game. The playing was undeniably wretched. Not only were the men weak at the bat and unsteady in the field, but, worst of all, they gave no indication by their head-work that they had ever played an intercollegiate game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/28/1894 | See Source »

...founded and to-day known as the Boston Latin School, assembled in the drill hall of the school building to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the oldest school on the continent. The Latin School is one year older than Harvard, and is the staunchest adherent to it among the preparatory schools. The performance of the evening was:- Prayer, Rev. J. F. Clarke, D. D.; Music; Presentation of Portrait of Mr. Epes Jargent Dixwell; Ode, Carmen Seculare, written by Mr. Dixwell; Poem, Mr. Robert Grant; Music; Oration, Rev. Phillips Brooks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Boston Latin School Anniversary. | 4/25/1885 | See Source »

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