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After graduating from College, Mr. Mansfield entered the Law School, from which he received the degree of LL.B. in 1870. Two years later he began to practice law in Boston, prior to which he had been admitted to the bar in Louisiana. On account of valuable services rendered to King Leopold II, he was appointed Belgian Consul for the port of Boston in December, 1894. Last August he was decorated as Chevalier of the Order of Lecpold...
...Work began yesterday afternoon on two rinks to be constructed on Soldiers Field inside the Stadium. The larger of the two will be 180 by 90 feet, exactly the width of the Boston Arena; the other will be 180 by 80 feet, the size of the St. Nicholas Rink in New York. As soon as the latter is complete the University team will use it until just before the Princeton game on January 15. After that they will practice on the larger rink in preparation for the Yale game on February 19 in the Boston Arena. The rink...
...Merrill began his lecture with a brief history of the development of the aeroplane, which is the only practical method of the three employed to elevate a heavier-than-air machine. The other two the use of vertical screws and the oscillation of wings, involve almost insoluble questions of stability. No progress was made in aeroplanes until Langley showed that the estimation of power necessary to lift a given weight was erroneous. Maxim took up the Work of Langley and contrived to lift 8,000 pounds by the proper balancing of horizontal planes. Lielienthal, a German scientist, attacked the problem...
Yale is known to have a very powerful eleven, and its record is proof of the assertion. It began the season with an abundance of excellent material, and has had the services of an expert coaching staff. The team-play which was lacking last year has served to increase the possibilities of players who as individuals were already prominent...
Owing to Mr. Garcelon's appointment to speak at the mass meeting in the Union at 8 o'clock he was introduced first. He began by giving unstinted praise to the work of the second team during the season of 1909. The second team has developed fully as much as the University team and it is owing to the continued progress of the former that the latter has gained great strength. "You have stuck to the game, and I want to thank you for keeping the Harvard spirit right...