Word: westing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Gregory recently visited the arid lones west of the Papas river. At present work is being rapidly pursued in the construction of a very large canal, and it is expected that this part of the arid region will soon be a most fertile land. A large number of the the smaller rivers cross this territory. The frost is never severe; the mean temperature is 620, and the summers are long and hot. The soil of the arid region is rich, and the opportunities for irrigation are great. The population of the United States is rapidly increasing, and the rising generation...
...barge for West Medford will leave at 7.30 from in front of Bartlett...
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.- All members of the university going west can get full particulars of the Railroad passenger agents between 9 and 10 a. m., today, at Leavitt and Peirce...
...hardly sound, for if the argument were consistently carried out intercollegiate athletics would be entirely abolished. In the first place we fail to see the unwisdom in allowing such an advertisement as Glee club trip. However much some may believe the contrary, a club such as that which went west last Christmas is no discreditable representative of Harvard dignity and excellence, and there is as yet no reason to believe that this year's club is not just as worthy an organization...
...finally decided to erect the building on the grounds given to the university by Mrs. Metcalf for a botanic garden and for such other uses as the university should deem best. The site selected is an excellent one for astronomical observations as the view is unobstructed, except toward the west, where it is cut off close to the horizon, but at no point higher than from...