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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...senior class elections in Yale College resulted as follows : Henry M. Wolf of Chicago, Ill., was elected class orator, Edward Wells, Jr., of Petkskill, N. Y., class poet, and Charles E. Holmes of Weeping Water, Neb., statistician...
...junior class meeting, last night, Messrs Codman, Bradford and Holland were re-elected as president, of the class, vice-president and Sec'y. Mr. J. E. Thayer was elected captain of the crew, in place of Storrow, resigned and Mr. Winslow was elected captain of the nine in place of Mr. Thayer. Mr. Bradford was re-elected captain of the eleven. Messrs. Halhert, Webster and Nutter were appointed a committee to take suitable action on behalf of the class in relation to the death of Mr. Greenough Thayer, late member of the class...
...Professor, alarmed at the possibility that a flaw had been detected in his calculations. Quickly, his mind ran back over the work. There had indeed, been a mistake. "You are right, Mr. Phelps, you are right," almost shouted the Professor. "It doesn't give us 'X;' it gives us 'y.'" And from that hour, Prof. Newton looked upon Mr. Phelps as a mathematical prodigy. He was the first man who had ever caught the Professor tripping. "And so," Mr. Phelps used often to add, with his own peculiar smile in telling the story, "I achieved a reputation for knowing...
College of the City of New York, 'Rah ! 'Rah ! 'Rah ! C ! C ! N ! Y...
University of New York, N! Y! U! S-s-s-t! Boom...