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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game opened with Brown at the bat, Chase knocked a grounder to Beaman, and was thrown out at first. Clark struck out. Hutchinson made a two baser, and tried to come home on Murphy's hit, but was put out on the home plate. For Harvard, Edgerly struck out, while Beaman made a base hit, took second and third on errors of the pitcher and catcher, and scored on Tilden's put out at first. Brown did not score until the fourth inning, when Murphy made a base hit, took second on Gunderson's hit, and came home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Base Ball. | 4/23/1885 | See Source »

...peace of 1815 was declared, firing a salute. In 1825 it was reorganized for the second time. How long it had been dormant is not known, probably only a short time, however. After a very prosperous life of ten years, during a rebellion of the students, the guns were thrown from the armory windows, and the Faculty disbanded the company, From an article by a graduate of 1830, and an ex-commander of the Corps, it seems that one of the three objects of a freshman's ambition was the command of the college company. The eight officers were elected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Washington Corps. | 4/9/1885 | See Source »

When the debate was thrown open to the house, a very large number of gentlemen spoke from the floor, more than have ever before spoken at a Union debate. The following are the names of these gentlemen: affirmative, Messrs. Stedman, '87, Davis, '85, Robinson, '87, Hamilton, '87, McAfee, '87, Webster, '85, Hobson, '86, Rich, '87, Whittemore, '85, Griffin, '88. Negative, Garrison, '88, Hobbs, '85, Loeb, '88, Robinson, '85, Morrison, '87, Bliss, '88, Halbert, '85, Richardson, '86, Knapp, '87, Lloyd, '86, Sternberg, '87, and Truslow, '87. The vote on the merits of the debate as a whole stood, affirmative, 13; negative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Union. | 3/6/1885 | See Source »

...forth over the announced changes in the admission requirements. One newspaper warns the exultant anti-classicists that Harvard, instead of setting the lead, may be held up as an example of what a college should not be. Another newspaper, with sinister mysteriousness, gives out the hint that Harvard has thrown overboard, along with prescribed Greek, more than she suspects. Still another talks gloomily about the "combined forces of moneyed considerations and a false liberalism" "crumbling the walls of scholastic learning," and indicates quite (?) that Harvard "has sold its (?) right for a mess of pottage." They are mature announcement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/4/1885 | See Source »

When the debate was thrown open to the house, the following gentlemen spoke from the floor: Messrs. Duane, '88, Astor, S. S., Williams, '88, Sternbergh, '87, Jennings, L. S. S., McArthur, '85, Mahany, '88, Davis, '85, Hansen, '85, and Whittemore, '85. On the ballot on the results of the debate as a whole, the affirmative received 13 votes, and the negative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Union. | 2/20/1885 | See Source »

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