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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...books used in the course include Adams' "Railroads, their Origin and Problems,' Farrar's "The State and its Relation to Trade," Black's "Letter to the New York Chamber of Commerce," and letters of Mr. Fink of the Trunk Lines Committee. Reference books include Blanchard, Atkinson and Cooley...
...persist in the use of "whilst" as firmly as they do in their spelling of "favour," labour," "honour" and "cheque." Whatever modifications in English orthography have been the result of a desire to expunge useless letters. The Englishman replies that in these cases we destroy all trace of the origin of the word. But "favor," "labor" and "honor" are pure Latin, and the insertion of the letter "u" is a bit of spurious orthography, while "check" certainly comes near the French source (echec) than when spelt "cheque...
...work on the Solar System, "General Pratt" maintains that: "Eclipsing ignorance is the origin of infidelity...
...strong feeling of affection with which the canoe is regarded by its admirers both in this country and abroad, had its origin in the cruise made by Mr. McGregor of London, some thirty years ago, and to his graphic descriptions of his trips in foreign Iands is directly traceable the great popularity which this most delightful of sports now enjoys-indeed he is styled and justly so, the father of modern canoe cruising. Previous to that time the canoe was popularly known in only its original types, the birch bark and the more primitive dugout. Its utility for hunting purposes...
...seems to me that a college color should be as invariable as the college seal. Certainly it would give more an air of unity, and, on the whole, a better appearance, to have the crimson about the various teams and crews of the same shade. An account of the origin of our color would be of interest, and would increase, I think, a desire to have a uniform shade...