Word: locally
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...York is best adapted for a World's Fair because (1) its position on the seaboard renders it most advantageous for importation of freight (2) its advantages for travelers are unsurpassed on account of (a) hotel accommodations (b) means of local transportation (c) suburban attractions. Mordecai, Terminal facilities of the port of New York, esp. P. 63. Black, Storage and Transportation in the Port of New York. Appleton, New York Illustrated...
...there is an element of unfairness to Harvard in these figures which should not be left uncorrected, By an examination of this year's Harvard and Yale catalogues it will be seen that the medical schools of the two universities are strictly local institutions. very few of the students in either coming from without New England; but the Harvard Medical School is nearly six times as large as that of Yale, and if the growth of the universities in New York and the rest of the countries is to be reckoned by the deceptive method of percentages, it is unfair...
...interest of the members, and the second is that many men in the Glee club expect to sing in the Hasty Padding theatricals, and cannot give time to both clubs. Neither of these reasons is valid. Before last year the club never went on a Christmas tour and the local concerts were quite sufficient to keep up a strong interest in the rehearsals. The disappointment this year was undoubtedly discouraging, but the success of the two concerts given since Christmas shows that its effect was not lasting...
There is a small mutiny in the Yale Scientific school. Professor Honey ordered one of his classes to buy their instruments of a local dealer. They had a chance to get them cheaper elsewhere and did so. The professor refused to accept work done with any other instruments than those obtained at the place he ordered. The students refereed the matter to Professor Brush, the head of the department, who said the fellows could get their instruments where they wished. The trouble still continues in the class and for the last few days there have been no recitations. The fellows...
...well-known social qualities won for him the hearty respect of his acquaintances. He was a man of firm determination and great energy. The chapter recognizes his ability as an instructor in the college and his efforts, as member of the city council in the interest of good local government. The memory of his life will continue to exert a helpful influence on all who knew...