Word: local
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Howard Adams Carson, "Engineer of the metropolitan sewerage system and of the Boston rapid transit tunnels, successful pioneering works of high local value and wide influence in other communities...
Within the last few weeks, local societies have been started in the Dental and Divinity Schools, to co-operate with the Association. The Christian Association, and St. Paul's Society have maintained their old activities and tried some new plans successfully. The St. Paul's Catholic Club has had a particularly active and successful year. The Religious Union, one of the oldest societies, which was organized to promote liberal religious thought and discussion, has been inactive this year. Its field has been occupied to some degree, however, by the new Ethical Society, and the dormitory classes introduced by the Christian...
...opening for the negative, E. H. Hart emphasized at the outset the fact that the question under discussion was essentially a local one, and that it must be settled in the light of the actual situation in New York City. The speaker called attention to the fact that the proposition of the affirmative was without precedent in the whole history of the world, in view of the fact that no city ever thought of buying up an entire transportation system, to the owners of which it had granted perpetual franchises. Glasgow took over her lines when the franchises expired...
Wray coached from a single scull, as the launch "John Harvard," which was examined yesterday by the local Government inspectors, was condemned until provided with the equipments required by the new law. It is hoped, however, that the "Veritas" will be in condition for use today and the "John Harvard" fitted out by tomorrow afternoon...
...series of Sunday afternoon mass meetings is being arranged by the federation of Local Organizations, at which addresses will be given by men of national reputation on subjects relating to "The following Yale organizations have been asked to join the movement: Yale City Government Club, Yale Law School Political Club, Yale Hall, and Yale Union...