Word: led
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...second of Mr. John Blair's course of modern dramas, "Ties" (Les Teuailles), by Paul Hervieu, was given at the Tremont Theatre, yesterday afternoon. The play itself is representative of the tendencies of the modern French drama, and, as in many of its class, the author has been led by the purely psychological interest of his plot to overdraw his principal character, Robert Fergan, and to suit the demands of his climax rather than to fit the climax to his character. With this climax still in view, he has brought in a period of ten years between the second...
...first article in the December Monthly is a discussion of the new admission requirements by Professor Emerton. He begins by summarizing the tendencies which led from the first adoption of the elective principle to the proposal to take the logical step and satisfy "the demands of those who were not afraid to trust the elective system even in the lower schools. Almost every party was willing to vote for this, upon one condition--that it, the party, might put its own valuation on each study and have its own way as to how much value should be required for admission...
...practice cross-country run was held yesterday afternoon with about twenty-five men participating. H. W. Foote 2Dv., was in charge of the runners. The course led down Putnam avenue, across to Longwood Bridge, by Beacon street, Harvard Bridge, and back to Cambridge by Massachusetts avenue. The break was made on Broadway at the top of Dana Hill. H. B. Clark '01, won the break, with H. S. Knowles '02, second. As this was only a practice run, no prizes were given...
Twenty-seven men took the practice long distance run yesterday led by H. W. Foote 2Dv. The course, which was about four and one-half miles long, led down Boylston street, across the river, through Allston, and back by way of the Longwood bridge, Brookline street and Harvard street. The break was about a quarter of a mile from the Gymnasium and was easily won by S. H. Bush '01, with C. J. Swan '01 second...
Nearly seventy men went on the hare and hounds run yesterday afternoon. The course of a little over six miles led to the Charles River, around Mt. Auburn Cemetery, through East Watertown and home by way of Fresh Pond. W. G. Clerk '01 and F. B. Taylor 1L. were the hares. The break, three-quarters of a mile from the finish, was won by D. Grant 2M., who came in about fifty yards ahead of S. H. Bush '01. H. S. Knowles '02 was a close third...