Word: western
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...number of the Advocate is in a healthier vein than usual. Of the four main articles, only one-"A Horse Race at Hot Sulphur," by Hal Sayre, Jr., '98-is of Western life, and this without any slaughter whatever. "On Being at Home in the World," an essay by R. P. Utter '98, is an attempt to prove "that the world is a better place to be at home in than a house of four walls...
...three stories form the bulk of the number. G. H. Scull '98 has one of his strong but ugly Western sketches, entitled "A Little Turn from the Road." The story is characteristically vivid. A spark of sentiment shines throngh the drizzle of the weather and the unpleasantness of the characters. In the same vein, but with decidely more charm and less intenseness, is "An Emigration in the West," by a new contributor to the "Advocate," H. Sayre...
...Excursion to the Triassic Belt of Western Massachusetts, conducted by Professor B. K. Emerson, of Amherst...
...annual meeting and dinner of the Harvard Alumni Association of Western New York will be held at the Saturn Club in Buffalo on Saturday, Feb. 27. A large attendance of Harvard graduates from the western part of the state is expected...
...Monthly for February, which will appear Friday, contains some unusually interesting matter. By far the best thing is an interesting little sketch by S. R. Wrightington entitled "Fair Harvard," dealing with the life of a poor student in a Western college. It is more cleverly handled than is usual with sketches of the kind and deserves great praise...