Word: northeastern
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...explosion of a small amount of powder in a desk, near which the fire is supposed to have originated, communicated the fire to several parts of the room. The fire was put out almost immediately by a stream of water which was brought by an engine hose through the northeastern entrance of the building and played through the doorway of the room...
...within the space enclosed by the running track. Running along the northern side of the grounds will be a straightaway track 220 yards long on which the dashes will be run. It will be so arranged that the finish will be in front of the grand stand, in the northeastern corner of the field. It is intended to place this stand so that it can be used for the baseball and football games as well as for the track athletics. West of this track another baseball field will be laid out and a cage will be erected in the extreme...
...table which is appended, the United States is divided into four rough sections which represent the natural divisions of the country. The Northeastern section includes New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; the Southern section, those states south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio river; the Central section is bounded by the Ohio river, Pennsylvania, the Great Lakes and the Mississippi; and the Western section takes in all the states west of the Missippi...
...examination of the figures which give the representation of the Universities in these sections shows an encouraging fact. In each of these Harvard leads Yale by a substantial majority. In the Northeastern section Harvard has a majority of 862; in the Central section, 33; in the Southern, 10; in the Western, 77; and in the foreign section, 25. From these figures it can be safely said that Harvard today is the most cosmopolitan university in the country...
...Northeastern Section...