Word: offing
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A meeting in the interest of Hampton Institute will be held in the First-Congregational Church, next Sunday at 7.30 p. m. Rev. H. B. Turner, the chaplain, will be present to describe the aim and purpose of the School in its work of fitting missionary teachers for the schools...
The curator of the Princeton Ornithological Museum has recently received from the British museum a gift of 2000 birds, collected from the Malay Islands, India, and various parts of Europe.
At the annual convention of the National Academy of Science, now being held at Brown University, papers will be read by the following Harvard instructors: "Investigations of Light and Electricity with the aid of a Battery of 20,000 Cells," by Professor Trowbridge; "Progressive Evolution of Characters in the Young...
At 8 o'clock this evening, in Sever 11, Mr. Copeland will read from "Hamlet" the scenes between Hamlet and Ophelia, Hamlet and the Queen, Hamlet and the Gravedigger; the scene of Ophelia's madness; and the Play scene. This reading, which finishes the course, will be open to members...
The annual fall regetta was held yesterday afternoon under conditions which were decidedly favorable considering the lateness of the season. The head wind prevented any fast time but was not strong enough to hinder the rowing.