Word: pierson
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class meeting Wednesday night and elected the following officers: president, J. J. Charlton, of Oregon; secretary, L. D. Speir of New Jersey; presentation orator. H. H Janeway of New Jersey; ivy orator, F. F. Chambers of the District of Columbia: censor, H. W. Perrin of Pennsylvania; poet, D, L. Pierson of Pennsylania; class of '76 debater, J. M. Yearkle of Pennsylvania; class of '76 orator, Walter Lowrie of Pennsylvania; class orator Frank Palmer of Maine; master of ceremonies, K, L. Ames of Illinois; prophet, I. B. Smith of Iowa; class day committee, F. S. Antony, G. G. Belt...
...feet, 1 inch, Roddy, '91, and Small, '92, tying for second place. Mr. Stoll, of Staten Island Athletic Club, gave an exhibition of rope climbing, making the 35 feet in 10 1-5 seconds. There was only one bout in heavy weight wrestling, contested by Huston, '89, and Pierson, '90, won by Huston. Mr. Molineux of the New York Athletics, and amateur champion of America, won the horizontal bar, after an exhibition of very difficult feats, with Mr. Stoll a good second. In the middle weight wrestling the first bout was won by Homans, '92, who threw Shields...
...Yale "Lit" medal has been given to Herbert Augustin Smith, of the senior class, for his essay on "University Life." The competition for the prize has been poor of late and it has not been awarded since it was given to Pierson...
Tufts.- Rushers, Hickok, Ricketts, Shippen, Edgerly, Burnham, Moore Powell; q. b., Raymond; h. b. 's, Dumley and Pierson; f. b., Bailey...
...relieved of his burden some duties are not of the best, but on every hand regret is expressed that it is necessary that he should retire from the active government of the college. He is the eleventh president of the college, and the terms of only three, president Pierson, 1701-7, president Andrew 1707-19, and president Daggett, 1776-77, have been shorter, while president Woolsey's term of office was twenty-five years, 1846-71, and president Day's term was twenty-eight years, 1817-46. He will long be remembered for his kindness and geniality; for his dignity...