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Like them he fought and like them he fell...
...consisted in the removal of all apparently stolen articles displayed in the rooms. Nothing fairly described as a 'search' for stolen articles was authorized: only those displayed were to be taken. The discovery of the infringement having been made on the last day of the recess, the enforcement fell within the same period. It was far from being intended that advantage should be taken of the absence of the students, but, the immediate execution of the orders given to the Janitor undoubtedly lent itself to that interpretation, and is to be regretted...
...degree in 1898. Mr. Atkinson became an assistant of Histology and instructor of Embryology in the Medical School. He then served for a time in the Philippines as an army surgeon; and became later an assistant surgeon in the navy. It was while serving in the navy that he fell ill with an attack of typhoid fever, from which he died on November 10 in the Marine hospital at Norfolk...
...eleven came onto the field followed by the Harvard team. Kernan won the toss and chose to defend the south goal. After a little preliminary practice Bowman kicked off, but the ball went out of bounds. On the second trial Putnam, who caught the ball behind the goal line, fell to his knees, but regained his feet and advanced to Harvard's 12-yard line before he was downed. In three downs the ball was advanced 5 yards and then Kernan punted to Metcalf who was downed in his tracks by Bowditch on Harvard's 46 yard line. After Yale...
...Observatory has abandoned its attempts to photograph the expected shower of leonids this year in consequence of the unusual rarity of meteors which have been sighted. On Friday night a watch was kept for the shower but only a few desultory meteors fell before a fog arose and precluded further observations. A casual watch was again kept on Saturday night, but not a single meteor was observed. As the extraordinary showers which were predicted to occur about the year 1899 have not materialized, it is probable that the Observatory will make no further attempt to obtain photographs of leonids...