Word: local
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture will be open to members of the Union only. His last talk before the members of the University was given on April 4, 1907, when he discussed matters of everyday interest, both public and local. Four years ago he spoke from the steps of University Hall on the occasion of the Republican torchlight parade...
...over 100, was founded in 1887. Since its organization its members have taken an active interest in University affairs, Milton Reed '68, one of its founders, having established the scholarship which bears his name, and several men having been sent to Harvard through scholarships established in the local schools...
...doubt that a government of one chamber is superior to one of two. In the same way, the experiment of a government administered by one man has always failed. Another defect in our municipal systems is the election of delegates by wards or districts, the small interests of each local division interfering with the general interests of the community. Boston illustrates these three systems which need reform...
Professor I. L. Winter '86 described the purpose of the club and emphasized the importance of its being made a permanent organization. He proposed that topics of local interest be discussed; that a certain part of the work of the meetings be prepared previously; that the meetings be made public occasionally; and that a critic be present and give advice to the individual speakers. Professor G. P. Baker '87 suggested that public meetings should be held as often as possible...
...flamboyant with breezy confidence; scripture unschooled by higher criticism is called to witness in our behalf at the outset, and the tail-piece is a convincing vision of prophecy fulfilled,--a fulfillment heralded by many a timely dig in the intervening pages at our "dearest foe." Apart from the local color cast upon it by the shadow of coming events, the number strikes us as no more or less than most Lampoons. Some of the jokes and poems are funny and cleverly done, but they seem no more appropriate to the Lampoon than they would be to a publication...