Word: landing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...every little holiday peculiar to this section of the country, but when a day of national observance, like Washington's Birthday or Memorial Day, comes around, it certainly looks as if we too might take part in the observances which are the privilege of the humblest in the land. The example of a certain professor in the Law School, who notified his sections that he would not lecture Tuesday, as it was a legal holiday, is commendable...
...asking if to disregard the laws of the State which made yesterday a legal holiday, to neglect on that day of all days recognition of the patriot dead, to leave Memorial Hall without decoration, is the best way to inculcate patriotism in the minds of the youth of the land? - [Globe, May 31st...
...appointed a committee of some of its honorary members in college to receive one dollar subscriptions from persons connected with the university. The names of the members of the committee are published below. The money subscribed will be used to purchase and lay out as a public park the land opposite the Longfellow house, and to erect upon it a statue or other memorial to the memory of the poet. It is also designed by the association to buy the Longfellow house, should it ever leave the hands of its present owners, and keep it intact, as Mount Vernon...
...large tract of Canadian timber land is in flames, and much valuable cord wood is being destroyed...
...will be taught by Dr. Laughlin, and the course will be more comprehensive than the one given this year, embracing Professor Cairne's work, Carey's "Social Science and Lectures in the History of Political Economy." There will also be a higher course under the title, "Economic Effects of Land Tenure in England, Ireland, France, Germany and Russia." This is under Mr. Laughlin and will count as a one half course...