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Shortly after being graduated from Harvard, Mr. Higginson went to Europe where he remained until 1862, engaged in the study of law. In 1863 he obtained a commission as a second lieutenant in the First Massachusetts Cavalry with which he served until the end of the war, rising in rank to brevet-major. For a period of nine months he was a prisoner at Libby prison...
...Yale team went to Cleveland, O., and played a series of three games with Princeton on December 27 and following days. Yale won only the second game, the score being 6 to 5. Princeton took the first and last games 5 to 4, and 4 to 3, respectively. The teams were very evenly matched and the two games that Princeton won were overtime. From Cleveland Yale went to Chicago, where three games were lost to Cornell 4 to 3, 3 to 1, and 4 to 2. The Cornell team was clearly superior and, although Yale fought hard, it was unable...
...Republican Club, New York, on December 22, 23, and 24. In the first day's play Harvard defeated Princeton 3 1-2 to 1-2 and Columbia defeated Yale 3 to 1. On the second day Columbia gained the lead by winning three games from Princeton, one of which went by default, making the totals Columbia 6, and Princeton 1 1-2. Yale defeated the University team by 3 to 1, making Harvard 4 1-2 and Yale...
...years after graduation Professor Lowell went to Japan, where he lived for ten years. In 1894 he established the Lowell Observatory, of which he is the head, at Flagstaff, Arizona. In May, 1900, he undertook an expedition to Tripoli to observe an eclipse of the sun, and a few years later sent a party to the Andes to photograph the planet Mars. It is in connection with this expedition that Professor Lowell is best known. He has made many discoveries about Mars, and was awarded the Janssen Medal of the French Astronomical Society for research work concerning that planet...
...companies are the citizens, who are supposed to elect officers and directors. Investigation showed that the directors were organized in combines which elected committees, and these committees interlocked, thus making a ring around the officers. When the ward heelers obtained policies from the people, they got proxies which went back to the officers of the company. The officers nominated directors who would stand in with them, and thus control was assured...