Word: west
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Plans are being made for a field meeting Chicago at which all the Western colleges may contest for the championship of the West...
Work on both the interior and exterior of Vanderbilt Hall, one of the new dormitories at Yale, is progressing rapidly, and much of the building is now in an advanced stage of completion. The tiling of the west roof is about completed, and work on other parts has been commenced. The roof of the tower has also been paved with brick. The carvers have commenced work on the cornice. As fast as this carving is finished the scaffolding will be torn down, which will cause the building to present a much more finished appearance...
...good many letters have been received here in Cambridge during the last week asking about the scarlet fever scare. These letters have been founded on a rumor which has been going the rounds of newspapers in the West that Harvard was suffering from an epidemic of scarlet fever and was liable any day to close her gates for an indefinite period. This report started, of course, as most rumors of the kind do, from some careless remark, or was built by the newspapers into an elaborate story from the simple fact that about a month ago there was one case...
...sent many emigrants from the southern states to Liberia, and there is at present such a wide-spread interest among the Negroes in colonization that the society is trying to gain friends who will aid in transporting those who wish to become citizens of the republic on the west coast of Africa...
...intimates that if the colleges will do their part the Chicago Athletic Club will hold a meeting open to all colleges for the championship of the West. There is every reason to believe that the leading colleges will accept this offer and that the games will be held in Chicago. Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and other universities would probably be represented...