Word: america
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Public Opinion as a Force," Mr. T. Wheelwright has answered convincingly some of the arguments advanced by Mr. Darling in "Partisanship or Independence in Politics-a Choice" although on other points he has not met his opponent squarely. Taking the ground that "strictly speaking we are all foreigners in America," he shows that we have a "huge, ignorant vote" of Europeans and Africans which must be trained to an intelligent support of our institutions. This must be the task of active, educated men, "of vigorously independent minds," for an "enlightened public opinion alone can master the great race and economic...
...physical development, which is being prepared by Dr. Sargent. Among those present, were William Byrd Page, holder of the world's record for the running high jump; A. F. Copeland, holder of the majority of American hurdle records; Frederick R. Westing, 100 yard champion of England, Ireland, Canada and America; Malcolm W. Ford, all-round athlete, and holder of many world jumping records; Frank L. Lambrecht, N. A. A. A. A., champion shot putter and hammer thrower; Thomas P. Conneff. champion one mile runner of England and Ireland, and five-mile champion of America; William Halpin, champion running broad jumper...
Commodore Psotta, of Cornell, the amateur champion single sculler of America is going to England early in May to row for the diamond sculls at Henley. Gardner of the Oxford crew and Nichols stroke of Cambridge will compete with him. He will try to enter the four-mile Wingfield sculls in the middle of July and will go from there to the German regattas and the exposition race at Paris...
...evils caused by immigration are merely the "measles and the mumps', of our infant country, and must not be taken into consideration if we remember that immigrants have proven the back bone of our country, and that they have made our country what it is. Let immigrants come to America if they want to, and let them do for the Westwhat they have done for the East. Mr. C. C. Ramsay, so. second on the affirmative, said that mob-violence and strikes fully testify to the character of immigrants. The immigrants are low and do American no possible good; moreover...
...Psotta, Cornell's Commodore, having won the amateur championship of America, has decided to go to England next summer, to contest the World's Championship. He will row in the Henley regatta...