Word: americas
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college feel a sufficient interest in this school, which redounds so greatly to America's intellectual glory, as to contribute something toward this fund, the committee who have the matter in hand would be very much gratified...
...present state of public opinion, it is our duty to agitate the subject as much as possible. In every country of Europe except England, the most stringent laws are in force against arsenical products, and in England, determined efforts are being made for proper legislation. In America, however, public opinion needs further education. It is popularly supposed that all green papers are dangerous, and that all others are safe. In consequence, arsenical green papers have become unsaleable, and great care is taken to have them safe. A brilliant red dye has, however, been discovered, which is made from coal...
...Some conditions of Intellectual Life in America." Professor C. E. Norton of the college...
...each man in the rush line made up for any lack of team play. That is, the Yale team as it was this year had the opportunity of doing better work than it did. Four or five of the rush line are undoubtedly the finest foot-ball rushers in America, if not in any other country. They played hard and recklessly, but unlike most other rushers they did not play without head...
Prof. F. J. Child has been elected president of "The American Folk-lore Society," which has for its object the study of folk-lore in general and in particular the collection and publication of the falk-lore of North America...