Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Yesterday was celebrated with great pomp and general rejoicing the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the city of New Haven. The governor, members of the State Legislature, and other civic dignitaries thronged the streets during the day. Nearly every male inhabitant who has the use of his legs took part in the procession so that the line was hours in passing. Laborers of all descriptions were given a holiday, and in honor of the occasion all Yale men were released from their duties. The old citizens were in great requisition to recount the memories of their earlier days...
...evening in the rooms of the society in Dane Hall. The play, "Le Misanthrope et L'Auvergnat," is a vaudeville in one act by Eugene Labiche. It has been brought out in Paris lately and was enthusiastically received. The gentlemen who take part have worked faithfully and have taken great pains to make the affair a success. They have received great assistance from Professor Cohn and Mr. Sanderson. The unfortunate accident which the former recently met with deprived the actors of his services at an early day, and his loss would have been a serious...
...which will be a heavy drain on the resources of the university. A few days ago two moons of Mars, with diameters of only thirty miles, were plainly seen. It is expected that this is merely the first of a long series of important observations and discoveries through the great telescope...
Before the game with Harvard on Saturday, the Cornell Sun spoke as follows in regard to the Trinity nine:- "Welch of the New York league ball team was retained this spring as instructor in baseball by Trinity College, Conn. The result is that the Trinity nine are playing great ball this year. They have already defeated Lafayette and the Univ. of Pennsylvania...
...There has been a great advance in mutual good feeling between 'town and gown' even within a score of years. A Cambridge policeman does not now represent 'all that is antagonistic to human interests,' even in the eyes of the freshest undergraduate. Harvard men and Cambridge society have very pleasant relations, and the annual graduation exercises of the city high school in Sanders theatre represent much more fairly the existing good feeling than does the petty criticism of Harvard as a foreign and non-taxpaying corporation...