Word: local
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...parade four years ago was one-tenth as great as the harm suffered by Harvard College. Even the remote possibility of the recurrence of such an episode in which college men disgraced themselves in the public eye has prompted the Student Council to supervise the arrangements made by the local political committee to insure that all necessary precautions have been taken to have the parade proceed in an orderly manner. On another page are published certain recommendations to the men who are to march in the line. The recommendations all suggest essentially one thing, that every man has the same...
...continued a week, with a moderate number of workmen. It began again on May 22 with a small force and lasted for two weeks. The excavations began a third time, with a large force, on July 11, and continued until August 21. The first two interruptions were due to local difficulties, which fortunately did not occur during the third period of work...
Election at large is desirable, since election by wards means of necessity election on questions of local policy, while the chief needs and interests of the modern city are not local in any sense. Election by wards results in corruption, the obstructing of public business, and the obscuring of responsibility, a very serious defect in any government...
...inheritance of morbid and maniacal impulses; the peculiar feature is that the girl's suicidal mania is developed by her lover's inherited morbid appetite for psychological analysis-an interesting point, skillfully worked up. Two anecdotes, concerning a dog and an anaesthetic; give comedy and tragedy, with freshness and local coloring. The poetry of the number has more than the average excellence. The Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize Poem, "New England", is entitled to hearty praise; the cheery, manly tone, the felicitous choice of descriptive terms, and the musical swing of the lines give it permanent value. "The Sound...
...amateur performance of sixteen numbers for the benefit of the sufferers of the Chelsea fire will be given in the Boston Theatre this afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. The committee in charge has selected the best features of all the larger local entertainments given during the winter, and the program will be one of the most varied, representative and entertaining given in Boston during the last few years. The University Musical Clubs will play, S. Baird '03 will give several impersonations, and the closing number will be given by firemen who were on duty in Chelsea at the time...