Word: late
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which this rebates could be advantageously carried still further - namely, in securing reductions in students' fares from the leading railroads entering Boston. This is certainly a question that interests a large number, and if it could be settled satisfactorily it would result to the advantage of all. Of late years a gratifying increase has been noticed in the number of students coming to Harvard from States other than those of New England. No doubt this increase would be more marked if it were not for the great distance of Boston from the Western and Southern States and the correspondingly great...
...Acta is "pained to note the downward career of the gentleman who obtained considerable prominence of late, owing to the relations between his thumb and the Harvard Boat Club. Whatever our feelings may be toward the gentleman in regard to his action in the late controversy, we cannot help dropping a tear of sadness when we think of his having sunken so low as to be nominated for the legislature of Massachusetts. Such depravity is simply awful...
...Myers, the Manhattan Club champion, has gone to Baltimore to train for his race with George, the English champion, on Thanksgiving day. George has lost four pounds since the disagreement about the late race. He is proceeding steadily in his work on the grounds of the New York Athletic Club in Mott Haven...
...become quite noticeable of late says the Athenaeum, that Yale publications oppose every project which originates outside of their own college...
...Louisville Courier-Journal, noting the rise of ball players, remarks : "Among the old-time ball players who made 'home runs' at the late election was Robert E. Pattison, the governor-elect of Pennsylvania, who played first-base in 1867 and 1868 for the Harry Clay Club of Philadelphia, a well-known amateur organization. Something has long been needed to give an impetus to our national game, and if the players are inspired by the hope of office, we may expect that the material interests of the sport will advance...