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...Rupert Sargent, formerly of the class of '84, was drowned during the month of August while yachting with three other gentlemen, one of whom was an older brother. The Yacht Mystery sailed from New Haven bound for Nantucket but was swamped near the reef known as the Hen and Chickens. All the passengers were lost. The Mystery was last seen by the sloop, Amelia Powell, as she was passing between Gooseberry neck and the Hen and Chickens on the morning of August 12. The following account of the probable manner of her loss is by one of the gentlemen...
...shipped another. The boys realizing their danger probably attempted to reach shore. At this point she shipped more water than she could carry and she settled to the bottom of the ocean, stern foremost, carrying her small boat down with her. This was S.40 a. m. Sunday, August 12th. Hasty preparation had been made for such an emergency and some of the life preservers had been secured. I think that Mr. Hawkins was drowned at once and died without struggle. Probably the same is true of Mr. Bartlett. Leicester Sargent was undoubtedly at the wheel and was heartily dressed...
...Sears, '83 was again victorious in the Newport Tournament for the Lawn Tennis Championship of the country, in August. In the final singles, Sears easily beat Dwight three out of five sets, with a vantage set, his score being 6-2, 6-0, 9-7. He takes the Horsman trophy, a diamond studded racket and a cup offered by the Casino, and a bronze plaque with a representation of a tennis court done in silver wire...
...eighth annual session of the Sauveur College of Languages at Amherst will extend from July 9 to August 17, 1883. Mr. Lutz of Harvard will instruct in German...
...remained there for two years as instructor in Mathematics. In the middle of the year 1835 he came back to the college, and, after serving as a tutor in Greek for a single year, was appointed instructor of the senior class in Mental Philosophy and Political Economy. In August, 1839, resigning his office in the college, he went to Europe and spent a year in study and travel. On his return he took up his residence in Cambridge and for twelve years devoted himself to literature, becoming the proprietor of the North American Review in 1843, which he owned...