Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...From interest. (a) No equivalent can be found for American wool.- John L. Hayes, "Relations of the Worsted Cloth Manufacturers to American Sheep Industry," p. 6. (b) Many mills must shut down if this bill is enacted.- Bulletin N. A. W. M., Vol. XVIII...
...October number of the Magazine of American History is as bright and interesting as anyone can desire. "The City of the Prince" is the beginning of a romantic tale of the settlers in that part of old Texas which was called "Little Germany." The story gives us a good idea of the immense number of Germans who made their homes in Texas in the middle of this century. It will be continued in the next number. The Hon. George B. Loring contributes an interesting paper entitled "A Vindication of General Samuel Holden Parsons." General Parsons graduated from Harvard...
...familiar with the American game of football as played in our colleges may yet be entirely unacquainted with the English association game, so great is the fundamental difference between...
...England Intercollegiate Press Association has decided to establish a periodical to be known as the "Collegian," which shall represent the American undergraduates. The magazine is intended to promote literary talent among college men, and will contain nothing except the productions of undergraduates. The "Collegian" will resemble "Lippincott's" in size and make-up, and each number will contain a special paper, two prize stories, two prize essays, two prize poems, editorial columns, rostrum, preparatory school department, foreign correspondence, eclectic and chronological departments, athletic department, and book review...
...acquired. In this respect they tried to follow the English system, and seemed to have also adopted the English style of rigging, for their slides were noticeably shorter than those of the Yale crew. Until June 1 the crew used English oars, which have much smaller blades than the American style, and the men in the waist of the boat were seated on the side, as in the English university crews, instead of directly over the keel. Both these experiments were abandoned nearly a month before the race, but they must have materially retarded the progress of the crew. Such...