Word: blane
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...First as to candidates. At Harvard we are told 251 prefer Blaine and 413 Cleveland. So far as it goes this certainly tends to confirm the statesmanship of Mr. Blane's letter from Paris. Turning to Yale, we find there 70 Republicans and 13 Democrats. No expression of preferences for individuals has come to us from Yale. We may seek solace against this adverse "straw" in the fact that Cleveland was elected in 1884, although the vote of Yale was then also against him. It is also worth noting that the Democrats at Yale have recently made great gains. Since...
...with magic lantern views of different place in Europe. His subject was Switzerland. The hall was entirely filled with people who thoroughly enjoyed the lecture. In the course of the lecture, Mr. Huntington described an ascent which he made of Monte Rosa, a mountain nearly as high as Mont Blane. The mountain is a very difficult one to ascend, so difficult that it is impossible to carry a camera along, so that no views of the ascent itself could be given. Views, however, illustrating the various difficulties in the ascent of a snow-covered mountain were given. Mr. Huntington...