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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...three essays, Mr. Patten's was by far the most satisfactory and best worth its reward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOWDOIN PRIZE DISSERTATIONS. | 2/7/1879 | See Source »

...contests, but he does so half jokingly, and wisely remarks that he fears the change is too radical. Seriously, would it not really be more satisfactory; a wreath can at any rate be consigned to the waste-paper basket; whereas the hideous silver-plated monstrosities which are now the reward of prowess are not to be got rid of by any amount of ingenuity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

...time, they should have come to the conclusion, from a comparison of the results of the English method with the results obtained by other nations, that there are means of promoting piety and learning more effectual than that of presenting money to the youthful mind as the most appropriate reward of scholarship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES. | 3/8/1878 | See Source »

Adoration will reward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDIFFERENCE. | 1/25/1878 | See Source »

Captain Bancroft said that, as a member of the crew, he should enjoy rowing two races, since it offered a greater reward for the hardships of training, and since the first race was good discipline for the second. He was, however, undecided as to the advisability of entering into a series of races with any college besides Yale. At all hazards, the Yale race should be kept independent of all others and above all others...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MEETING OF THE H. U. B. C. | 11/9/1877 | See Source »

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