Word: years
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...until the year 1862 that the game of base-ball was introduced into Harvard College, although it had been played for some years in New York and in some of the preparatory schools. In this year, however, the members of the freshman class established what was known as the "'66 baseball Club." They obtained permission from the Cambridge city government to use a part of the common as a practice ground and this was used until...
...different colleges, and with other amateur nines. In 1868, it received a challenge from Yale to play a championship game, in which the condition was that the men on both teams should be chosen from the academically departments. This challenge was accepted, and on July 23d of the same year, Harvard played her first inter-collegiate game with Yale. The game was well played on both sides, and was won by Harvard by a score...
...annual course of lectures at Vassar College promises to be unusually good this year. Besides weekly illustrated lectures on the "History of Art" by Prof. Van Ingen, director of the School of Painting, and the first of a series of lectures and concerts under the management of Dr. Ritter, director of the School of Music, lectures on the following subjects have been given: "Alexander Hamilton," by President Backus, of Packer Institute; "The Heroic Element in History" and "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day," by Dr. George P. Fisher, of Yale; "The Lotus in the Decorative Art," by Mr. William...
...result of a series of measurements made by Dr. Sever, show that the physical development of the Yale freshmen is excellent. There is a marked absence of men who are under or over developed. There are 326 men in the College and Sheffield School, a considerable increase over last year. Only 17 per cent, of the freshmen use tobacco, while 25 per cent. of the Sheffield men smoke. The heaviest man in the class of '92 weighs 200 pounds, against 192 1-2 pounds in '91 last year. The lightest man weighs 86 1-2 pounds. The tallest...
...courses have been added, in practical work in the chemical and physical laboratories and in the observatory. An addition has been made to the list of scholarships, and the prizes which have heretofore been given in history and political science have been consolidated and will be given this year for the best examination in Broyce's Holy Roman Empire. Dr. Smith, the president, has been tendered the bishopric of Ohio, but as his presence could ill be spared, great pressure has been brought to bear to keep him at Hartford...