Word: northern
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...famine affects three of the northern provinces,--Miyagi, Fukushima, and Iwate. At least 680,000 people are in extreme distress, and official statements show that suffering will continue throughout the spring...
...staff of the Gray Herbarium has been temporarily increased by the employment of Mr. F. S. Matthews as artist. The Herbarium has recently received from the Botanical Museum at Copenhagen, by exchange, a valuable collection of 300 specimens, chiefly species of northern Europe and Iceland. Another collection, comprising about 280 plants of eastern Quebec and the Rocky Mountains of British America, has lately been received in continuation of exchanges from the Geological Survey Department of Canada...
...second annual meeting of the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse League was held at the Park Avenue Hotel, New York, on Friday evening, December 22. The following colleges were represented: Northern Division--Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Pennsylvania; Southern Division--Johns Hopkins, Eehigh, Stevens Institute of Technology, Swarthmore. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: president, H. A. L. Sand '95; vice-president, W. S. Finlay, Cornell '04; secretary treasurer, H. A. Pratt, Stevens '04; additional members of executive committee, C. C. Miller, Crescent Athletic Club, and W. H. Madren, Hopkins...
...adopted in place of the original constitution drafted at the time of the formation of the league last spring. The new constitution provides for an annual meeting in New York, and gives the executive committee jurisdiction over all members in matters relating to games, eligibility, foul play, etc. The northern and southern colleges are to play for the championships of their respective divisions, and the division champions may then play for the league championship, but such play off is not compulsory. Cups will be awarded by the executive committee each year for the division championship when decided. The playing rules...
...championship of the northern division for last year was not awarded, as Harvard, Columbia and Cornell were tied for first place, each having won two games and lost one. Swarthmore won the championship of the southern division. The schedules for this year will be announced later...