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...best work on the life and reign of Alexandria I. In 1855, shortly after the death of Alexandria I, the sum of 50,000 rubies was offered by one of his favorite ministers, to be given as a prize a century after his death, and this at compound interest will amount in 1925 to $1,000,000. - Yale News...
...Shakspere Club are to be congratulated upon the interest which they have manifested in arranging for a course of lectures. The activity of Mr. Jones has resulted in the arrangement of a course of addresses on topics of interest to all who will hereafter "speak in public." The initial lecture will be given in Sanders, on Friday evening of this week. The lecture will be given by Mr. Bronson Howard, of New York, on "The Autobiography of a Play." The address cannot fall to be of great interest, for Mr. Howard is himself a highly successful playwright...
...regular work; the latter lives for the moment only, and, when at leisure, is also literally idle. How to prevent leisure from being pure idleness is no easy problem for young men to solve. The importance and difficulty of its solution give to Mr. Lodge's discourse no slight interest and value...
...secured by a broad ribbon under the chin; trowsers, and silk or thread gloves, of a color in harmony with that of the toga, and, usually, a heavy cane. It is not known to whom belongs the distinction of having first conceived the College Toga. * * * * It may be of interest to remark that the writer was an undergraduate at the time referred to, and that the identical toga, not yet shorn of its pristine attractions, in which he used to disport himself, lies at this moment before...
...feet three and a half inches, but failed to clear half an inch more. Bradley jumped five feet four and seven-tenths inches. Clark then attempted to make up the five inches handicap. Last year Clark, Atkinson and Fogg tied at 5 ft. 8 3-4 in., and much interest was felt whether this record could be bettered. Clark jumped 5 ft. 9 in., which, however, did not make up the handicap of five inches. Bradley therefore won first prize with Clark second. Clark's jump of five feet nine inches is the best ever made in the gymnasium...