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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...early masters was John Lovell, whose portrait hangs in Memorial Hall, and it was during his administration that a party of Latin School boys made the famous protest to the British General Gage, against the petty tyranny of his troops. At this time the only requirement for admission was ability to read a few verses from the Bible...
Perhaps the most widely known master of the school was Dr. Francis Gardner, whose eccentricities were more than balanced by the success of his methods of instruction. He formed a prominent figure in the history of the school, and will always be remembered with respect by those who studied under his directions. At the present time the school is entering upon a new era of prosperity, and now that it has become settled in its new building, it bids fair to become more popular than ever before...
...Josiah P. Cook. Other distinguished alumni were Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Robert Treat Paine, while the present century has witnessed the graduation from the school of Charles Sumner, Robert C. Winthrop, Charles Francis Adams, Ralph Waldo Emerson and hosts of others who have attained distinction, but whose names cannot be here given...
...royal and ancient game of golf, while there is an intellectual tone about the society of the place which Mr. Lowell will find thoroughly congenial. Besides the university, St. Andrew's boasts the possession, in the Madras College, of one of the best public schools in Scotland, whose masters are not less distinguished for learning than the professor of the senior establishment. On the other hand St. Andrew's is likely to be not less pleased with Mr. Lowell, who has made himself a great favorite in cultivated society here, and who is recognized as an orator of the highest...
...powers of his office to bring about fair and manly play. Abolish all rules such as rules 28 and 38, which prohibit intentional striking with fists, throttling, tripping, etc. In their place have a rule giving the referee carte blanche to send any player from the field whose conduct in his opinion, is unbecoming a gentleman...