Word: center
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...manner of starting the crews, was the cause of much controversy several years ago. Article XIX settles the question definitely. A flag supported by a metal rod is fixed in the stern of the shorter boat, and another on the longer boat, at a distance forward from the center of that boat, equal to one half the length of the shorter boat. The two crews are started even and timed at the finish by these flags. In case of a close finish the referee may reserve his decision, but not longer than the day of the race. In each successive...
...President Porter, except that there will be no address by a member of the graduating class. President Porter will be the first speaker, and a congratulatory address in Latin by some member of the faculty will follow, President Dwight delivering the final address. The exercises will be held in Center Church at 11 a.m., Thursday, July 1, and a reception to the new President will be held in the Art School at 1 o'clock. Presidents and members of other colleges, Governor Harrison and staff and city officials will be invited. W. M. Evarts will be unable to deliver...
...which they are trying are as follows: For pitcher, Kennedy; catcher, Fitzgerald; first base, Paulding, Goddard and Osborne, '88 S.; second base, King, Rogers and Stokes, and Greer and Pratt, '88 S.; third base, Dupont and Merrill, and G. Mason, '88 S.; left field, Francke and Davol, '88 S.; center field, Welch; right field, S. L. Smith. Of these, Osborne, Greer, Dupont, Francke, Smith and Fitzgerald, are the most promising candidates...
...advocated the establishment of a school at Washington, similar to the Ecole Libre; and he showed why the existing schools in this country could not take the place of the proposed one. "Such a school" he says, "ought to be situated at the national capital, where is the center of administration for all the higher grades of service, in order that the bulk of its faculty could be drawn from those actually engaged in the public administration; and its courses ought to be arranged with the greatest possible attention to definiteness of aim, and to practicalness of method, in order...
...surely it should find at Harvard its native soil. It is suited to Harvard's needs, and could be made invaluable. These possibilities seem destined never to be realized. Appeal after appeal has been made, with only partial success. We do not expect to arouse Harvard to its center on the question of a life university reading-room similar to the one at Yale, but we do desire to stir only a few so that they will come forward and help the present reading-room. Only twenty subscriptions are needed to make the society good for its present debts. Twenty...