Word: localitis
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Besides these local affairs, there will be a concerts in Asollan Hall, New York city, on December 12; on March 11, the club with sing in Manchester, N.H.; and arrangements are now pending for several concerts in the hearby cities such as Springfield, Worcester, Hartford, Pittsfield, Portland and New Haven. Arrangements are also under way, but not completed, for they have yet to get the sanction of the faculty, for a coast-to-coast tour during the Christmas vacation...
...first of the season the Pierian has planned a series of local concerts in the near vicinity of Boston. From November till the end of the mid-year examination period, mid-week local concerts are planned, while during week-ends over night trips will be taken to New York, Worcester, Springfield and other cities. Independent concerts will be given throughout the season in Cambridge, while the final concert of the year will be given late in May at Symphony Hall in conjunction with the Harvard Glee Club...
...have seen many novel means of raising money lately; but the method adopted by Colgate seems to be the most unusual. The local committee in charge of the Colgate Endowment Campaign has decreed that every Colgate alumnus with in the district shall be assessed at the rate of $5 for every inch of waistline measurement above the arbitrary standard of 30 inches...
...relief work, from the start he made it plain that the relief was administered only until such time as the people were able to help themselves. Furthermore, it was his system to administer the relief through local agencies, that the aid might come directly from the people of the land. Despite the great numbers at all times distributing relief through Europe, there was never a great number of Americans among them, and they were used only where international necessity demanded...
...scenery for the play is of a very unusual character. Special attention has been given to the reproducing of local color and atmosphere. The sunwashed fronts of the houses, the multi-colored awnings, everything combines to convey an impression of languor and drowsiness which is essentially Spanish. The keynote of the play is struck by the admirable choice of colors, pinks and yellows predominating. Bright tiling is much in evidence, the squares being made up of vivid reds, blues, yellows, and blacks. The result is striking but at the same time one wonders how so many strong colors could have...