Word: wente
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Bonaparte then went on to cite the case of Baltimore with which he is personally familiar and where he has fought bossdom. "Praetorianism" is the system that served to continue bossdom in Baltimore, said Mr. Bonaparte, and the government there existing was distinctly oligarchical. Now, the oligarchy there has fallen, but the success of bossdom in New York warns us of danger. The great parties themselves are corrupt. Men do not get offices as rewards of merit. The remedy is right before us. The nation has made the civil service a breathing place for parasites. Restore this service...
...Thayer died at Lanesboro, N. H., on December 27. After leaving college he took a course at the Medical School, and began practice in Boston. During the war he went to the front serving in his profession. Later he settled in Brooklyn where he gained a large practice...
Alward was very popular among his classmates and beside being a prominent athlete took a prominent part in the Pudding Play his senior year. After graduation he went into business in Chicago...
...Freshman crew went through their regular practice yesterday afternoon. It consisted of fifteen minutes' work on the machines, followed by light exercises in the Gymnasium and a half mile run on the board track. On the machines the men simply practiced the body reach; neither the oars nor the slides being used. The coaching was done by Mr. Lehmann, Mr. Willis, Captain Goodrich and members of the 'Varsity squad. Mr. Fernie and Mr. Howell, of last year's Cambridge eight, and Mr. Goldie of the Cambridge trial eights, who are on a short visit to this country, watched the practice...
Yesterday afternoon, Dick Grant 1M., who did not know until too late to take part in it that the cross country run was to be held Thursday afternoon, went over the course against time. He succeeded in covering the distance in 28m. 52 4-5s., easily beating Clark's time of 31m. 20s., made on Thursday. This time makes a new record for the course, and entitles Grant to receive the first prize. The second and third prizes will go to H. B. Clark 1901, and O. W. Richardson '99, the first and second men respectively in Thursday...