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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last evening the Andover club held its last meeting of the year at 30 Read's block. The attendance was large. After the regular business was over, a proposition was offered and accepted to give annually a prize of twenty-five dollars to the Andover student who passed the best examination in English. The examination is to be similar to the Harvard entrance papers and to be approved by the club. The election of officers then took place with the following result: President, J. B. Lund; secretary and treasurer, J. L. Dodge, '91; executive committee, C. F. Sempers...
...concerning the opportunities of a career in practical Geology and Engineering. He said that he considered the outlook for geologists in this country to be a very promising one. The state surveys and those made by the government employ about 1500 men, who receive salaries ranging from $4000 a year downward. The pay a man may expect to receive his first year is about $50 a month and field expenses. One of the best tields for a geologist is in the mines. The salary of a mine superintendent in the eastern part of the United States is usually...
...previous years it has been customary for the 'varsity and freshman glee clubs to give several yard concerts during the spring. This year but one has been given and that about a month ago. The custom should not be allowed to die ont, as the yard concerts in the past have formed one of the pleasantest features of the long summer evenings. Until two years ago, we believe, the glee club always sang in the yard the night of the first. Princeton game no matter which nine won. It was a sign of good feeling which many men would...
...chances are that the annual Exeter-Andover base ball game this year will be exceedingly close. For Exeter, Trafford will catch and White will pitch; Flagg, the captain, will cover second base, Sawyer third base, Soule, short stop. The contest for first base is close between Shute and Heffelfinger...
Friday evening, June 7, the Yale university Glee and Banjo clubs will give a concert in Boston at Tremont Temple. This will be the first concert given in Boston for several years by any of the Yale musical organizations. This year the clubs have the reputation of being unusually good. On their Christmas trip they went as far west as Denver, giving exceedingly popular concerts at various cities on the route. On the Easter trip they went south as far as Old Point Comfort, and the tour was successful financially as well as in every other way. There seems...