Word: westing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...other hand Harvard's representation from Massachusetts and Maine is much larger than Yale's. The interesting and important part of the comparison lies in the figures of the Western cities and of New York. In her representation from New York Yale leads us 146 to 136. Further west Yale seems to have a little advantage in the Central State towns while Harvard gets more men from the far West and from the South...
...Club of New York have sent out a circular stating the results of their efforts to find a suitable location for a club house. After carefully considering all the available property in the city, they have decided that the building formerly occupied by the New York Racket Club, 55 West, Twenty-sixth Street, is most suitable for their purposes, and have secured an option to lease these quarters for a short term of years, with the privilege of renewal if wished. The owner agrees to repair the premises, furnish steam heat and make all necessary alterations, without cost...
...hoped that a large number of the students may attend. The clubs will be made up as they were on the Christmas trip, the '92 men having consented to take part in this one concert; the programme will be as far as possible like that used in the west. The tickets are selling well in Cambridgeport but not so well at Amee's. The Union is becoming so closely connected with the University that the students should feel it a duty to attend this concert as far as they are able...
...blank stating the reasons of his early departure. The cases of all these men were taken under consideration and a number of them were found to have reasonable excuses. As a rule excuse was granted to men who lived at a great distance, men coming from the West or South, provided they did not leave unreasonably early. A large number of cases, however, showed that the men had gone off merely to add a few more days to their vacation. In dealing with these men the authorities went on the supposition that it might be the parents...
...college library there is one room which is very seldom visited by the hundreds of men who use the library every day. This is the room directly over the delivery room, and it is reached by the iron stairs that run up just to the west of the card catalogue. Like a great many other sights about the college which visitors see and which are often unknown to most of the students, this room in the library contains a number of very interesting things, well worth a visit...