Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cities had so distinguished a beginning as Perryopolis, Pa. (pop. 1,500), an unsung & forgotten hamlet in the coal fields 30 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. George Washington himself bought land on the town's present site back in 1770, and built a grist mill near by. According to local legend, he also suggested the circular-street plan upon which the village is built, although he sold out (1,643 acres for $4,000) long before 1814, when Perryopolis, named for Naval Hero Oliver Hazard Perry, was actually begun...
...Washington nor its founders' high hopes were ever enough to make Perryopolis bloom. Its underground coal seams ran out; the coke ovens south of town were abandoned. It drowsed through the 20th century without sewers, street lights (except the one over the village square), or even a local government. But Perryopolis had something to speculate and gossip about-the odd life of Mrs. Mary Fuller Frazier, last daughter of the town's rich family...
Because of this, a number of people have been contacting ways to add a more intellectual flavor to the ROTC program. Princeton has tried a one credit course in the history of war, taught by civilian members of the faculty. Today, we learn that the local Military Science staff plans a step or two in that direction. Col. Dupuy has announced a course condensing technical matter and adding a touch of the liberal arts. It will be taught, however, by the military...
...juniors were elected yesterday to the Radcliffe Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, making a total of 18 undergraduates in the local organization. The initiation of the new members will be held on March 12. Millicent Carey MacIntosh, Dean of Barnard College, will deliver the address...
...Committee's prestige rose in home towns also, the penniless incentive system would be complete. Some local newspaper publicity for Committeemen would increase both their own prestige and the prospects' interest...