Word: locally
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Without intercollegiate matches freshman teams could not be maintained. The games with Yale and the race with Columbia form the one incentive to practice. It would be impossible to keep alive any interest in the teams by class contests and games with local high schools merely. And with the freshman teams other class teams will disappear. If "the main object of intercollegiate races and competitive contests is to increase the number of students who habitually take part in manly sports," the class teams, including freshman teams, should be strongly encouraged; and freshman intercollegiate contests could not possibly be excluded...
...election of 1890 was practically a submission of the McKinley Bill to the people, making full allowance for local and o her subordiuate issues: Mr. Blaine's speech at Canton, Ohio. Oct. 27; Andrew Canegie in N. Y. Trib., (Pub. Opin., Nov. 15); Interview with T. B. Reed (Nation. Nov. 8); W. E. Russell's campaign in Mass. (Files of the Boston Post); Interviews in the Boston Post, Nov. 5, with Grover Cleveland, H. C. Lodge, and J. D. Long...
...fairly taken as a popular verdict against the bill, for the following causes influenced the result:- 1. The usual effecs of an off year; Blaine's speech at Phila.; N. Y. Tribune, Oct. 22, '90. 2. Misrepresentation as to prices; N. Y. Commercial Bull., Oct. '90, 3. Minor local issues: Quay, school laws, etc.; N. Y. Weekly Tribune, Dec. 3. '90. 4. Farmers' Alliance; Public opinion...
...James W. Savage, P. A. '43, of Omaha, died on the 22d ult. He was a graduate of Harvard, a Lieutenant Colonel in the army, a law partner of Senator Manderson, a judge of the Sixth District of Nebraska, an authority in Nebraska local history, and a government director of the Union Pacific Railway. Charles Francis Adams in announcing his death to the directors paid a high tribute to him as a man of ability, character and distinguished public services...
...Local government ought usually to engage the first interest of the citizens.- a. They more directly affect the individual. Ex. schools, fire dept., etc. b. Local taxes are greater than state and national.- c. Greater than state and nationa.- c. Greater influence of individual on local affairs...