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Princeton won the first game of the championship series from Harvard on Saturday, May 9, by the score of 17-9. After the first two innings the game was uninteresting and dragged along without brilliant plays of any character till near the close. The batting of the home team was the one encouraging feature-the close. The batting of the home team was the one encouraging feature-the men hit hard and often, but the fielding was at times miserable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON LETTER. | 5/21/1896 | See Source »

...number of chambers, several of which have been cleared in the process of exploration so that their structure is in part understood; but a great amount of work is still to be done before all the structures of this ancient city are known. The ruins extend for several miles along the Copan river and give evidence that this region once sustained a numerous population...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peabody Museum. | 5/20/1896 | See Source »

...current number of the Chap Book announces that henceforward it will be published by H. S. Stone and Company, Mr. Kimball having retired from the business management. In form and substance the magazine will be carried on along the lines announced in the first number. The Chap Book is now two years old and since its first issue improvements have been steady. It has ceased to be a fad; but has really created a place for itself among the multitudes of other magazines. Its form is handy and the contents are better than those of most other such publications...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Literary Notices. | 5/9/1896 | See Source »

...schools would be stirred up to doing better work; and evidence would be furnished as to which school developed the best method of teaching English composition. As the school which developed the best method would be immediately followed by the other schools, there would necessarily be an improvement all along the line. Clearly then the preparatory schools should be forced to teach their pupils enough English to pass the entrance examinations instead of lowering the requirements in English to suit the convenience of the schools and thus allowing the standard to decline...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/28/1896 | See Source »

BOSTON, March 26.- Local forecast for New England, Friday: Threatening weather, clearing by noon, colder in afternoon; brisk northwesterly winds, increasing along the coast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U. S. Weather Forecast. | 3/27/1896 | See Source »