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...months at the close of the civil war, when he served as a volunteer aide on the staff of his classmate, General Wilde, and the winters of the past ten years spent in Boston. In 1859 he was a member of the House of Representatives and of the select special committee on the revision of the statutes. Since November, 1865, excepting the years 1875-78, he served in various official capacities, including that of auditor in the Boston Custom House...
...customs, as well as some of the most interesting episodes of colonial history. The extracts are rewritten in modern form, so as to offer no puzzles of grammar or spelling, but preserves the racy and often humorous flavor of the old writers. Special pains has been taken to select extracts which will set forth the amusements, pursuits and interests of children, both white and Indian. The publishers are Macmillan...
...trial tournament to select Harvard's fourth representative in the annual intercollegiate tournament which is to be held at New Haven this week, was finished on Saturday. R. C. Thomas 1M., won the finals by defeating E. W. Leonard '03, in straight sets. Leonard had already played two hard matches and could not keep to his true form. Thomas placed well and made good cross-court drives, but was not compelled to exert himself...
...first round to select the fourth representative for the intercollegiate tournament was played yesterday afternoon. The only close match was that between C. S. Rathbun '02 and C. M. Rotch '01. Of the new men, perhaps the most promising is E. W. Leonard '03, who won from Kobbe by accurate placing from the back-line and by excellent smashing...
...left in the squad after the first and second elevens had been picked out, have been put in charge of J. L. Knox '98, who will try to select the most promising men. He gave them work yesterday in tackling the dummy, with a little signal practice...