Word: august
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...encroachment of the sea upon the island. After leaving Martha's Vineyard the party will go to the last section of its work in the district of old lava beds and triassic sandstones about Meriden in the central part of Connecticutt. The party will break up on August 13. Professor Shaler will take a limited share in the work in Rhode Island and Martha's Vineyard...
General references: Annals of the Amer. Acad. of Pol. and Social Science, Articles by Keasby, Miller and Johnson, February, 1896, pp. 1-48. Journal of Franklin Institute, vol. 134, pp. 1 and 109 (July and August, 1992); Rodrigues Panama Canal, 173-232; North Amer. Rev., vol. 156, p. 195 (Feb. 1893) vol. 132, p. 107 (Feb. 1881); Forum, vol. IX, 1 (March, 1891); XII, 714-728 (Feb. 1892); House Reports, 50 Cong., 2 Sess. III, No. No. 4167; Senate Reports, 51 Cong. 2 Sess., I, No. 1944, and 53 Cong., 2 Sess...
Among the numerous gifts which have been received was a memorial gift,- the botanical collections of Mary E. Gilbreth, made for her own use as a student and teacher, and, in accordance with her wish, given to Radcliffe College after her death in August, 1894. The collection includes pressed specimens for a herbarium, material for microscopic study and a collection of specimens to illustrate the dissemination of seeds. This unique and valuable collection is to bear her name and to perpetuate her memory in the college...
...consider the feasibility of establishing such a school at Rome. Representatives of nearly fifty institutions are on the committee, of which a strong section is already established in Rome itself. The school will be open from Oct. 15, to June 1, but members are expected to continue work until August. There will be regular courses of lectures but most of the work will consist of informal talks at museums, visits to the monuments and excursions to ancient sites of Etruria and even as far as Sicily...
From appearances the men are in the best of physical condition. They have been trained since early in August on the old-style method, and the so called "modern" method certainly shows up at a disadvantage when the physical condition of the Harvard and Michigan teams is compared...