Word: american
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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DANIEL PRATT,The Great American Traveller...
...Harvard boys say they have a poor crew to represent American oarsmen, and complain of the action of the faculty, which prohibits them from hiring a professional "coach." Then, again, the Cambridge crew is probably the most formidable collection of amateur oarsmen in the world, and it would seem that nothing but the very best training of the very best men in Harvard should be pitted against such famous champions...
September is a long way off yet. There is ample time to remedy every defect. If the Harvard eight will organize now and show true American energy, they will have a good chance of winning next fall. The prize is worth trying for. Will Harvard make the effort? - Boston Globe...
...meeting of the judiciary committee of the American Intercollegiate Base-Ball League, held in North Adams, to-day, all charges to the effect that Wilson and Clark of the Willaims College team were professionals were shown to be entirely false. - Boston Herald, Friday morning...
...AMERICAN ECONOMIC AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS.A joint session of the American Economic Association and the American Historical Association will be held in Sanders Theatre, on Tuesday, May 24, at 3 p.m. A paper on "The Study of Statistics in Colleges" will be read by Carroll D. Wright, U. S. Commissioner of Labor Statistics, one on "Our Legal Tender Decisions," by Professor E. J. James, of the University of Pennsylvania, and one by Dr. A. B. Hart, on the "Biography of a River and Harbor Bill...