Word: yesterday
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...Bicycle club held a short meeting yesterday afternoon to discuss the protest of Mr. Rodemann against the award of the prizes to the winners of last Saturday's road race, on the ground that before the race four prizes had been offered by the clubs while only three were to be given out. It was decided that the club had offered only three prizes and that Mr. Rodemann's protest should not be considered. The Bicycle club meet was not a great success financially. Instead of a surplus of two hundred dollars which had been hoped for, after paying...
...Yesterday the closing exercises of Commencement week were held at Princeton. The exercises began on Saturday last, with the reading of theses by the members of the Green School of Science. In the afternoon the annual Caledonian games of the Athletic Association took place and in the evening the Glee club concert was held. Sunday morning President Patton preached the baccalaureate sermon in Marquand Chapel, and in the afternoon the Philadelphian society held its annual meeting. Monday, June 17, was Class Day, and in the evening the Junior orations were delivered in the First Church. On Tuesday the annual meeting...
...long and uninteresting game was played on Holmes field yesterday afternoon between the 'varsity nine and the professional Lowell team. So few spectators attended the game that there was some excuse for the utter lack of life which the Harvard team showed. The fielding was by no means clean, and all the infielders made very bad errors. The batting was even weaker, while the coaching was contemptible. At no point in the game did the home team show the slightest energy. In the Yale game on Thursday, Harvard will not have the slightest chance if she plays a game anything...
Appleton chapel was opened yesterday for the last Sunday service for the class of '89. This annual Baccalaureate service is always well appreciated, but was made especially valuable yesterday by the rare treat of a sermon from Dr. A. P. Peabody. Taking as his text "Self-respect" the preacher urged every Harvard graduate to make self respect his aim in life. If exery man aim at and follows steadily a high ideal and repents thoroughly of his past sins, his moral character will be worthy of respect, Every man ought, after his exceptional facilities for work at college to respect...
...Yesterday on the Exeter campus were held the annual spring tennis tournament, and the first interscholastic athletic tournament between Exeter and Andover academies. In the tennis Exeter was victorious in both singles and doubles, and by this last victory Exeter has won the doubles cup for the fifth consecutive year. Andover won the singles match last fall, and as Exeter won it yesterday, it will be necessary to play a third match to decide the championship before the schools close. The athletic meeting was a success in every way. Great interest was taken in the outcome, since...