Word: worthely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...university eleven is to make this week to Canada naturally recalls the similar tour which our team made about six years ago. In that year the Rugby rules for football playing had just been generally adopted by the colleges of America, and it was partly to test their worth that the trip was undertaken. Results showed that the Canadian teams, with their longer acquaintance with the Rugby game, were unable to compete successfully against the Harvard men. The eleven made a brilliant record during their stay in the North, and met with a most cordial reception from their antagonists...
...large per cent. of the students. Putting aside the desirability of doing everything possible to support the players whenever they engage in a match, the pleasures of a visit to Montreal and Ottawa with all their attractions, and Dartmouth college at Hanover, N. H., make the trip one well worth taking...
...claimed that Hamilton of Yale, '86, has over $2,000 worth of prizes which he has taken in bicycle races...
...which remains before the 30th is short, only a week. As yet diligent inquiry and advises from the general committee point to a great scarcity of designs and few intentions of carrying transparencies. We have said before this feature of the Harvard delegation has always added much to the worth of its turnout and we should be sorry to see it neglected in the coming parade. All are privileged to carry them, only provided that they come within the bounds of reason, and we hope that the call will not be neglected...
...state. Little or nothing is known of John Harvard and his parents. The date of his departure from England and arrival in this country are also unknown. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, gave him his two degrees and as his rank of pensioner gave him position, he must have been worth considerable property. He and his wife Anne became members of the church in Charlestown in 1638 and he was a member of a council held to frame some laws for the legislature. The site of his home is still known in Charlestown, although the building itself was destroyed in the firing...