Word: west
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...isolation of the British on this continent between the coast on the east and the practically impassable Appalachians on the west may be attributed the great development of maritime pursuits. As these barriers have been broken down by modern methods, and new fields thrown open, commerce has been more and more neglected...
...Boston was held and the association was formally organized. From the by-laws, any graduate of a university or college where a three years course at least is required shall be eligible to membership. Honorary degrees will also be recognized and graduates from the Institute of Technology and the West Point and Annapolis Academies will be entitled to membership. The present limit is fixed at 500 resident and the same number of non-resident members. The initiation fee for resident members is to be $40, and the annual dues $50, and for non-residents, the admission fee will...
Wyllys Terry, the old Yale foot ball player, who was present, objected to this and said that he thought Brooklyn residents should not be classed as resident members. The objection was put to motion and lost. The resident membership will be limited to 1,000. Graduates of West Point and Annapolis will be eligible. Army and navy officers will be classed as nonresident members. When off on duty they shall be exempt from dues. No gambling will be permitted...
Prof. J. W. White has gone west on business, and Charles Burton Gulick is conducting his courses, Greek...
...Club is gratifying. A prosperous and vigorous body of graduates is one of the surest guarantees of prosperity and vigor in the university itself. For this reason we rejoice in the reports of activity in Harvard clubs which come to us from all parts of the country. In the West Harvard clubs are interested in a movement to place a western graduate of the college on the Board of Overseers. However much we may question the expediency of the movement itself, we rejoice that it has come up for discussion. Meetings of Harvard men have been called in all parts...