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...maintain their position. At the half-mile the navy crew began to draw ahead and it continued to increase the lead until one-half mile distant from the finish. The University second crew was unable to raise its stroke for the finish, whereas the Navy eight made a splendid spurt and crossed the line in the fast time of 10 minutes and 29 seconds...
...protecting the country against the timber thieves and the mineral operators. But greater than any of these was the canal legislation, the realization of an aspiration of the American people hundreds of years old. Theodore Roosevelt was the man who got these measures through, and they stand today, a splendid monument to his work in national affairs...
...seventieth birthday today. A number of his friends as well as the members of the departments of English and Philosophy have been invited to be present in the Treasure Room of Gore Hall at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when Professor Palmer will present to the College Library his splendid collection of the famous author George Herbert...
...prospects for a splendid new Germanic Museum are very bright. Professor Bestelmeyer of Dresden, assisted by Professor H. L. Warren of Harvard, will have charge of the construction of the building. The Museum will stand on the oblong space between Kirkland street, Frisbie place, and Divinity avenue, opposite Randall Hall. It will consist of two wings, placed at right angles to each other, with a large tower at the juncture. Between the wings will be a court, for which shrubbery, statuary, arcades, and water-basins have been planned. One of the most prominent of the statues which will decorate this...
...William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips. When the war came he volunteered his life and sword for the cause he loved, serving with distinction as colonel of a negro regiment. In his political and private life he was an invigorating, beneficent and wholesome force, a fine example of splendid talent, guided by a noble devotion to the right...