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...next event, the running high jump, proved to be one of the prettiest contests of the meeting. The entries were J. P. Lee, H. A. A., R. G. Leavitt, H. A. A. and P. W. Conant, M. I. T. All the men jumped with case and grace. Conant was the first to withdraw. The contest between Lee and Leavitt promised to be very close but Leavitt slipped. striking his face against the bar with considerable violence, and was forced to withdraw thus leaving Lee the winner with a jump of 5 feet 5 1-2 inches...
...find that we have few of the qualities for a successful leader. Therefore we turn away and say that another must start the work and then we shall give our help. If we would only surrender self to God, we should find that He would give us the grace and strength to perform successfully any duty to which He might call...
During the twenty-four seasons (from 1864 to 1888 inclusive), Dr. W. G. Grace has played, in first-class matches, 721 completed innings and scored 32,814 runs, an average of nearly 45 runs an inning. He has made 100 runs and upwards in an inning no fewer than one hundred and thirty-five times, being not out in twenty-five of these innings. His highest scores...
...great source of annoyance and inconvenience for those who rely upon gas-light by which to do their evening reading, to have the light grow so dim that they can scarcely distinguish the letters before them. Such a state of affairs must, however, be borne with the best grace possible for the next two or three days. A leak has been discovered in one of the principal gas mains in Cambridgeport and while this is being repaired, the college dormitories are dependant upon the gas supply brought over from East Cambridge. The work of repairing has been rendered doubly difficult...
...services were conducted by Dr. F. G. Peabody, assisted by Dr. Mackenzie. Dr. Peabody spoke impressively of the life of the great man at whose funeral many had gathered a few hours before. He said that we must ask ourselves what it was that gave that life its grace and charm. It was the simplicity, the childishness, the purity of mind that marked the greatness of Asa Gray. He had kept his simplicity because he had not thought of himself, but had been filled with the sense of unattained duty, of the great aims of life. The whole life...