Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...improvement in the general play of the teams contesting in the great matches over preceding seasons has been never so remarkable. And a very marked difference is apparent in the playing of Yale, Harvard and Princeton since they last met in New York three years...
...game, and the result put beyond dispute. The umpire scheme has proved a wonderful success. The new official has been able to protect the game against foul plays through his power to enforce the penalties the rules prescribe. All the displays of temper in this year's three great matches are to be counted on the thumbs, and were summary punished and atoned...
...movement on foot to erect a statue of Heine in Dusseldorf is meeting with great opposition by the students of Bonn who call themselves "Christian Socialists...
...conferring of the right of citizenship upon the Indian. The bill declares that every man who has left his tribe for civilized life is made a citizen of the United States, and that the Indians who receive land are subject to the laws of the country. The great trouble with the bill is that it gives the Indians no courts or power to enforce their laws. In this respect as in many others the bill is a failure. Mr. Harrison then spoke on the general home life of the Indian and the need of means for the association to carry...
...Samuel Carpenter, the elder, 1649-1714," by Wharton Dickinson, treats of an early period in Pennsylvania history of great importance. The article offers a great deal of information of Pennsylvania in the early times of the Colonies. This is followed by an "Account of the Battle of Horseshoe," which contains General Jackson's report of the battle, never before published. General Wright has made a very interesting article...