Word: south
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first described the quail, grouse, and woodcock which are found in the grain fields of New England. Further south, especially in Florida, shore birds flock in great numbers, but are extremely difficult to photograph. The larger game birds,-geese, ducks and teal, are found by thousands along the lakes throughout North Dakota...
Since the University team returned from the South little or nothing has been accomplished. No practice was held on Monday on account of the wet condition of the field, and yesterday cold weather hampered the work. A great deal, however, was accomplished by the long, hard practices at Richmond in developing team play and inspiring confidence; and improvement over the crude play against Trinity and Vermont is expected...
...results of the annual handicap track games which were held yesterday afternoon in the Stadium were encouraging, and many of the new men did promising work. The track was in excellent condition, and in spite of a cold wind from the south, which hindered the runners to some extent, good time was made in several of the track events...
...possibly will be room for others, and as many as possible will be admitted. The services will not last over twenty minutes and all those who are unable to obtain seats are requested to form again in two unbroken lines extending from the Chapel door and continuing around the south end of Thayer to the Johnston Gate...
...striking figure, the centre of every group he joined. He was so many other things besides being a geologist and a professor; he served on the Massachusetts topographical survey commission, on the state highway commission, on the gypsy moth commission; he was actively interested in mining enterprises in the South and West; he wrote books and magazine articles on many subjects; he was a practical, influential, honest politician. His originality showed in his frequent use of words rarely heard from the mouths of others, yet well fitted in his effective and picturesque speech; and in his peculiar handwriting which almost...