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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recognition of the event. This new movement on the part of the club has been largely suggested by the number of young men coming into the club, who, it was thought, would appreciate club-rooms where they might gather for social purposes. For graduates of Harvard living out of town it will also prove a great convenience, furnishing a place for them to drop in during their vitits to the city. Such non resident members are now on roll from the East and West as far as Dakota. With all the improvements, it has been determined to keep the dues...
...related that several days since, as one of the '90 ladies from Sage was slowly walking up from town, she was met by several young men, who noticed that she carried a package concealed under her cloak, and as they passed her, she by accident let fall the package. Crash it went on the sidewalk and Courtland cider flowed copiously in all directions, and the maiden fled toward Sage. - Cornell...
...difference between the net assets of any business firm and the surplus of an employer of the lowest possible grade obtained with the same amount of capital and goods. And this surplus must be due to the superior ability of the man himself, since in the same town with the same amount of capital one man will clear more in a year than another at the same trade. This then being established, Mr. Walker claims that it is logically true to say that those men who simply clear expenses each year ought to be the employed and not the employers...
...were incorporated under one head. One of the first subjects for controversy was the lack of competition to aid the industrial interests of the country by lowering the rates. The only remedy was the organization of a rival road. This peace was often a disastrous one financially, as a town which could support one road reasonably well, would bankrupt two, because the duplication of expenses was not met by a corresponding duplication of traffic. Thus it was a hazardous thing for private enterprise to institute a parallel line. In Europe, where private funds are not forthcoming to carry...
...majority of the candidates for the freshmen ball team remained in town during the vacation and practiced twice a day at the field. The men are playing as follows: Strait, c.; Stuart, p.; Calhoun, s.s.; Day, 1b.; Peter Tud, 2b; Bonbright, 3b.; Nilson r.f.; Traver, c.f.; Simmons. 1.f.; substitutes, Baldwin and Irwin. The uniforms will consist of white jerseys, gray trousers and blue and white blazers and caps. The nine is not regarded as particularly strong, and will have hard work to defeat the Harvard freshmen. They have already played several exhibition games.- Boston Globe...