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...founded in 1571 by "one John Lyon," a yeoman of the neighboring village of Preston, who gave the sum of twenty marks annually for the support and education of the village children. In the same year the school charter was granted by Queen Elizabeth, who approved of the statutes drawn up by Lyon; but notwithstanding the removal of all obstacles, the school was not opened until 1614. When John Lyon died, he made a will giving two-thirds of his property to Harrow School, and one-third to the town, but owing to some change or dispute in the will...
...sixth resolution, that no game shall take place except upon the home ground of one or other of the competing colleges, is designed to break up the practice of playing match games in large cities, and drawing crowds for the sake of gate money. But are not crowds drawn to Yale and Harvard for gate money? And what are we to say of Columbia, whose consent to these resolutions is asked, which is situated in a large city, and which has no home grounds...
...Amherst faculty has not yet decided what action to take in regard to the resolutions recently drawn up by the Inter-collegiate Conference on Athletics in New York. It is probable, however, that the subject will be referred either to the Senate or Baseball Association, and that the faculty will act according to the desire of the students. The subject has created quite an excitement among the students, and their opinions seem to be evenly divided as to whether Amherst should adopt the resolutions...
...Divinity Hall lectures, of which the first has just been given by Rev. Phillips Brooks, have a special significance. They are the first practical illustration of the university idea. The lectures are drawn from the most various parts of the university and bring their united weight to bear on the problems of a single part. Each speaker is invited to deal with some point in which his special vocation touches the thought or the life of students of Theology. Thus, the corporation, the overseers, the Law School, and the Medical School and the various departments of the college, each says...
...illustration in Grevin's manner in the last Lampoon was drawn by Clarke was one of the leaders in the excavations at Assos, and is familiar to many Harvard students as the translator of Reber's History of Ancient...