Word: bishop
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first ten of the Institute of 1770 from '91 are: Burnett, Cumnock, Bishop, Luce, Clark, Crosby, Lawrence, Lowell, Goldthwaite, Longworth...
...Right Rev. William Croswell Deane, Episcopal Bishop of the Albany (N. Y.) diocese, who has been chosen Commencement Preacher by Cambridge University, England, is one of the most finished and eloquent pulpit orators in this country. He has frequently preached in England with great success...
Cumnock is stroking the freshman crew and Williams is rowing No. 2. Bishop, the captain, is ill at present, and Randol will be acting captain until the class races, after which it is expected Bishop will resume his duties...
...Berkeley premiums, what we at Harvard would call "deturs," are given at Yale to freshmen for exceptional excellence in Latin composition The means of giving these prizes is supplied from the income of a farm given by Bishop Berkeley to the college in 1733, which has been leased for a long period of years. The examination set is always some connected passage of Latin prose. Last year it took the shape of a letter from one college friend to another. The number of prizes is not fixed, depending on the quality of the work offered, but generally six first...
FRESHMAN.- Stroke, Bishop (captain), 140; 7, Randall, 147; 6, Longworth, 172; 5, Longstreth, 176; 4, Cumnock, 164; 3, Hammond, 161; 2, Williams, 155; bow, Woodworth...