Word: localitis
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...Ithacans are also badly handicapped by the same lack of experience which confronts the local runners. T. C. McDermott, the captain, is the only "C" man on the visitors' team. L. E. Wenz, who could not race at Syracuse, and J. W. Cambell ran in the last pre-war meet on the Belmont course when Cornell outdistanced the University team. Although Wenz and Cambell did not score in that race, they have developed greatly since then, and are now rated, next to McDermott, as Cornell's strongest runners. The main strength of the Cornell team, however, lies in its being...
...recent meeting of the local committee special attention was called to the commendable work done by the educational group, composed mostly of schoolmasters and college professors. It was reported that in spite of confining duties this group had rounded up nearly half of their assignments and had succeeded in obtaining approximately $25,000 up to last night, form what is agreed to be the poorest paid department in professional life...
...game should prove to be one of the most interesting ones scheduled, for the University has already shown great possibilities in its game last Saturday with Andover. The Chinese players have never been together before this year, but have made a name for themselves as a result of the local soccer league series. The team is comprised of players from among the students attending the Graduate Schools of the University, M. I. T., Boston University and other schools...
This means that there are still 6.372 alumni to be recorded financially, and as a result the local committee feels confident that it will get the quota...
...number of original subscribers have voluntarily doubled, and even tripled, their first subscriptions, but the local committee declared last night that the Harvard men of Boston must be more liberal in the size of their subscriptions if the remaining half of the district's quota is to be secured within a reasonable time...