Word: landing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Alexander Agassiz, representing an unknown person has recently purchased more than 70,000 square feet of land fronting on Charles river, near Putnam avenue. It is the intention of the purchaser to present this land to Harvard College for the use of the Harvard Rowing Club. The land is situated in a direct line from the college ground, and owing to the absence of strong tides at this point is better adapted to the use of the club than its present situation...
After a description of the chief physical and natural characteristics of the country, its flora, fauna, peculiar scenery, which makes the landscape grotesque rather than picturesque, he went on to tell how he happened to visit "the land of the dawning" as a naturalist and investigator. The description of his life among the natives, of its dangers, trials, and compensations, was one of the most interesting portions of the lecture...
...foot ball tournament in kicking begins today. It is to take place on the land back of Divinity hall and is to last three weeks. At the end of each week, every man's score is to be made out, and a cup will be given to the man having the best record. Every candidate will have to kick 30 balls, taking about half an hour, from different positions, every day except Saturday...
...call by our honored president of the United States to meet for public worship and thansgiving on the centennial of inauguration of our first president will be loyally answered by the most practical citizens among us, and it is to be hoped that Harvard, the leading university in the land, will be among the first to celebrate the occasion and express gratitude for the present prosperity of our nation. Therefore, may Tuesday morning not find a lack of patriotism among us, and may there not be an opportunity offered to the outside world further to display Harvard in difference...
...government at Nicargua has done much to help the enterprise. It has given the land for the canal free, together with strips of land on both sides of it, and all mines and timber that may be in this land. Moreover It allows all the machinery used in the construction of the canal to be imported free. Also the government has pledged itself to permit no other canal in its territory. The lecture was illustrated by viewsand maps thrown by a stereopticon...