Word: local
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...English cousins have been very generous of late. Each mail brings us more college news from the other side of the Atlantic. To-day we have to acknowledge the receipt of the Oxford Undergraduate's Journal; a large paper full of matter, chiefly of local interest...
...bull-rusher. The dancing was a striking success, and the little farce was perhaps as good as anything. A little more practice and a little more attention to their singing would make a marked improvement. Among the audience we noticed the head waiters, Mr. Farmer, Mr. Worcester, and other local celebrities...
...system announced that "the design of the school was to afford a complete course of legal education for gentlemen intended for the Bar in any of the United States, except in matters of mere local law and practice." The curriculum was so arranged as to cover as far as possible all the important branches of the law. The method of instruction was by lectures, recitations, and moot courts. The students were brought into contact with some of the ablest jurists of the land, who instructed them in the use of books, the library, and how to work up a case...
...printing a longer and more pretentious story than is usual in college papers; but if the attempt is always as successful as in the present number, the Brunonian need print no shorter pieces. The editorial articles are evidently interesting to the students of Brown, and in keeping with the local character of the paper...
...becomes more evident every year that success at the bat and oar is only to be attained by persevering and enthusiastic labor. Let no petty or local dispute interfere where the honor of our University is at stake. The careless and cynic spirit should be frowned down; and every one should seek to contribute, in the way most suited to his abilities, to the honor and eminence of Harvard. Let those who are blessed with a good biceps grasp the bat or the oar; let those who have not that too common holy reverence for a pen seek to relieve...