Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Eastermens on the way to the mining districts, found little trouble from the Indians or settlers until they reached the Sierras. They tell of entertainments given by the wives and daughters of the miners at the Mormon diggings, which made a very pleasant ending to a day of hard labor. The men, it is said, sometimes took a little too much liquor. They had many unpleasant experiences with "horse theif" Indians and robbers. Every man looked out for himself in those days. Burial places even were hard to obtain...
...appointment as Minister to England has left a vacancy which will probably be filled by Prof. Simeon E. Baldwin, who will instruct the seniors in constitutional and international law. Mr. Arthur E. Hadley continues his lectures on railroads, notwithstanding his appointment to the head of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics. Prof. Eugene L. Richards is seriously ill in the Adirondacks, and it is not probable that he can return to his college duties for some time to come. During his absence Profs. Andrew W. Phillips and Willlam Beebe will have the freshmen in mathematics. The death of the lamented...
...department of athletics will furnish more or less material for discussion, and student government at times of great rejoicing will also be a fruitful theme. If, however, after having disposed of the pressing demands of these two, the conference becomes subject to ennui, there is another field of labor to which the members can turn with profit. This field is none other than the old marking system now in vogue, and the evils of cramming and cribbing that are inseparably connected with it. A comparison of the different methods for marking used in American colleges and a discussion...
...Labor at boat house and elsewhere, including blacksmith and machine work...
...Extra labor at boat house...