Word: towards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...late years there has been an increasing movement toward popular recognition of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, February 12, and now it is proposed to make public recognition of the date at Harvard...
...toward the Radcliffe Scholarship Fund, was cleared by the Cantabrigia Club in the course of lectures and readings given under its auspices this year. About the same sum was cleared last year by the authors' reading and it is the intention of the committee to continue in the same way until the $5000 necessary for a permanent annual scholarship is raised...
...Yale man, at the very beginning. He gained about two yards on the first lap, and this he increased nearly a yard during the rest of the relay. C. H. Williams '98, then took it up, and was soon quite a way in advance of Richards, who braced toward the finish and closed up the distance to a yard. W. G. Morse '99, started well, leading Ordway by seven yards at the end of the first lap, but this was cut down later to four yards. H. H. Fish '99, ran the last relay, and finished fully twenty yards ahead...
...hockey team won the game with Technology yesterday afternoon on the Locust street rink, after a close and exciting match by the score of 3 to 2. The Tech. team led most of the game, but became winded toward the end, and showed lack of practice. The score at the close of the first half stood two to two, the winning point being made by a luck stroke from behind the goal. Hopkins and Walworth, of last year's Yale team played the best game for Tech. Matteson and Goodridge did the best for Harvard, and Russell played his usual...
President Eliot's announcement of the initial action of the Corporation looking toward a union or alliance of the Massachusetts. Institute of Technology and Harvard, throws little light on the probability of that event, but is of immense interest, nevertheless, as showing that such an end is being held seriously in view...