Word: canada
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Varsity, of the University of Toronto, says in its editorials, that "it is the glory of Canada and the United States that the people are proud of their colleges, and feel and acknowledge that a benign influence emanates from them." In this respect institutions of learning in the new world are contrasted with those in the old and of past ages, which must be called "self-contained and self-seeking," for they discourage, and therefore do not deserve public good-will and respect. Such institutions "care naught for the people, and the people care naught for them." But our American...
...sticks ordered from Canada by the Lacrosse Association have arrived and may be had at the Secretary's room...
...consideration of some of the political questions of the day which require a knowledge of political economy, such as the silver question, the banking question, the problem of national taxation, navigation laws, paper money as a part of the circulating medium, public land system, reciprocity with Mexico and Canada, and other questions of vital interest. A table giving the amount of instruction in political economy at the principal colleges of the country in 1860 and 1870 compared with that given in 1884 is found in this chapter...
...inches. Chamberlain took second place with a put of 34 feet 5 inches. Hunter was third and Davis last. Clark's put was 3 1-2 inches less than his record last spring. The record in this event is 37 feet 10 inches by Cuzner of McGill University, Canada...
...students will this afternoon be given the opportunity of witnessing what bids fair to be a brilliant game of lacrosse. The visiting team is made up of old and experienced players whose skill and endurance have won the championship of Canada. The college will place in the field a strong twelve, many of whose members played upon the team which last year brought to Cambridge the double championship, that of the inter-collegiate association and of the United States. While the match of this afternoon must not be looked upon in the light of an international contest, yet it will...