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Spenser was not born of a rich family, but in 1569 he went to Cambridge University, where he spent seven years. After that he lived in nothern England, where he fell in love with one Rosalind. His suit was not fortunate, so he returned to London and there became very intimate with Sir Philip Sidney. Chance carried him to Ireland and here he was forced to pass most of his time, away from the London that he loved. Queen Elizabeth granted him a large estate near Cock, but he was never popular there and was eventually driven out. His castle...
...through a heavy snow storm in the region of Johnstown. As it was no scheduled to arrive till 6.15 and was then about two hours late the officers of the Clubs began to be anxious about arriving in time for the concert. As the day went by the train fell behind more and more. Telegrams were sent to Columbus, Ohio, for a special train from there to Cincinnati, and to the manager of the concert asking him to hold the audience as long as possible. The first telegram did not reach the Railroad Superintendent whose office was closed while...
...unfortunate that good reports are not at hand for the amounts given by the various classes for their freshman crews. The records have been obtained for only the last three years. The '95 musical clubs turned over to the crew manager over three hundred dollars; '94 fell below the usual average and gave only fifteen dollars; '93 netted almost one hundred and fifty dollars. So far as can be learned the average amount obtained each year was between a hundred and a hundred and fifty dollars. While his sum does not go a great way to pay the expenses...
...least, that the umpiring had much influence in leading Yale into a character of play which, had there been a stricter umpire, she would not have been allowed to practise. As the game progressed, apparently growing convinced that the umpire was inclined to her side, Yale, unmolested by him, fell more and more into a character of play which we trusted had vanished for good in athletic contests between us and which seems to indicate a lamentable fall in the standard of her athletic playing. Mr. Coffin was far from being strict enough. The rules themselves, perhaps, are not sufficiently...
...next play Emmons got through on McCormick. and Yale had lost again, so Butterworth kicked again. The ball curved so much that Grey misjudged it, and muffed but he fell on the ball himself, so Harvard kept...