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Word: turns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...should influence all old men to begin work at once. The captain of the team will doubtless call all candidates together early this week and map out a regular course of training. It is to be hoped that besides all the old men a great many new men will turn out at this meeting. Mr. Lathrop wants it understood that he is ready to devote his time to any man no matter how inexperienced he may be. What is desired is a great deal of material to work with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/5/1892 | See Source »

...interest. Chief Justice Dudley of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts made a bequest in 1750, of a little over sigma 23 for the support of a series of four lectures, one each year, occurring in regular rotation and treating of subjects in religion. Justice Dudley was of an investigating turn of mind, more or less of a scientist and very much interested in all matters of theology. Being interested in Harvard College, he thought it would be a good thing to establish these lectures as regular institutions. In 1755, soon after his death, the first lecture was given, and they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dudleian Lecture. | 12/17/1891 | See Source »

...given last year owing to the strong opinion which many members of the Faculty held against continuing such a manifestly sectarian lecture. When in 1750 Judge Dudley left the sum of money which provides for the lectures he prescribed four subjects to be taken up in turn. The lecture which was to have been given last year, and which will be given tonight, was described in his will to be "for the detecting and conviction and exposing the idolatry of the Romish Church, their tyranny, usurpation, damnable baseness, fatal errors, abominable superstitions and other crying wickedness in their high places...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/17/1891 | See Source »

Another concerns itself with The Mill Song. A certain king possessed a magical mill which would turn out anything its owner desired. He commanded the two giant maiden miller to grind out Peace, Happiness and Prosperity, which they did day and night without intermission. Finally he was killed by another king who took possession of the mill and ordered an unlimited amount of salt to be ground out, which he packed in such large quantities in a ship that it sank, and the salt, dissolving in the sea, gave it its salty character...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Icelandic Saga. | 12/5/1891 | See Source »

Sheffield gained ten yards behind the V. Dyer gained two more between Emmons and Whitren. Dyer and Richards failed to gain and the ball went to Harvard on four downs. McNear got through the line for two yards, but neither Jackson nor Whitman, and Yale in turn took the ball on four downs. Butterworth made four yards, tackled by McNear. Emmons downed Dyer without gain. Richards got between Grant and Murchie for two yards. Emmons tackled Dyer with a loss. Messler made his distance once, but Butterworth was tackled by Emmons with four yards' loss for Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale '95, 24; Harvard '95, 0. | 11/29/1891 | See Source »

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