Word: crozier
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...more than thirty years president of the University of Rochester, has recently resigned, and the appointment of his successor is awaited with great interest. Among the candidates are Rev. David L. Hill, LL. D., president of Bicknell University, Lewisburg, Penn., and Professor E. H. Johnson, D. D., of Crozier Theological Seminary, Chester, Penn. Dr. Hill is one of the youngest college presidents in the country, but has written text books on rhetoric, logic and psychology...
...accompanied by the suitable motto "Be Thrifty." The library is one of the largest among the colleges and contains over 60,000 volumes besides many rare manuscripts. New College belies its name, as it was founded in 1586 and besides the usual amount of plate and relics has the crozier of its founder William of Wykeham, bishop of Winchester, wonderfully wrought in silver gilt and studded with jewels and probably the finest relic of its kind in the world. Lincoln and St. John Colleges are smaller than the average and of but little interest with the exception that the former...
...following-named men are candidates for the freshman tug-of-war team : Adams (capt.), Allen, Austin, Boyden, Crozier, Churchill, Dewey, Loeser...