Word: gold
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard and Yale freshmen will meet in their third annual dual track meet in the Stadium this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Tickets at 50 cents each, which will admit to all parts of the field, will be on sale at the gate. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded the point winners; first place will count 5 points, second 3, and third place 1 point...
...Death and the Dicers," by F. Schenck '09 is an adaptation of Chaucer's "Pardoner's Tale." There roisterers go forth to kill Death, but become embroiled in an altercation concerning the division of a pot a gold which they have found. In the dispute all are killed. The play ends with the specter of Death standing over the three, symbolic of the fate of those who seek gold with evil intent...
...team scoring the greatest number of points will hold for one year the cup presented by Harvard graduates and members of the Boston Athletic Association. A gold medal for first place, a silver for second, and a bronze for third, will be given in each event. The meet will be governed by the constitution and rules of the New England Interscholastic Association and the Harvard Athletic Association...
...afford rare sport. He told of a kadiak bear weighing 1400 pounds, of moose whose antlers spread 63 inches and of salmon so plentiful that one had only to kick them out of the shallow water. In addition to hunting, Mr. Colby investigated with indifferent success a number of gold and coal claims...
...Library has received from Mr. J. P. Morgan, Jr., '89 of London, Eng., 86 volumes of the works of Thomas Hearne, an English antiquarian of the eighteenth century. The books were published at the Shelondon Theatre in Oxford and are now rare copies. The binding of red morocco and gold adds greatly to the value of the books. One of the most interesting is the diary, which describes the events of the years from 1708 to 1735, containing many references to public men and events of that period. Among the volumes of special value are Leland's "Itinerary," Alfred...