Word: north
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...flora of the arid region consists of good timber in the north and in the south at great heights; brush wood in the north, cactus and similar plants in the south. The grass in the western part is excellent for grazing purposes. The rainfall in this region is from 10 to 15 inches per year, while 23 inches are necessary for profitable agriculture. The snow in the mountains, however, fills the streams and brooks, and although a great deal of the water is wasted, a large amount of it is used to great advantage by irrigation. Reservoirs are being built...
Notice is also given that M. Loubat, member of the New York Historical society, has founded a prize of six hundred dollars to be given every third year for the best work printed concerning the history, geography, archaeology, ethnography, philology, and numismatics of North America. The detailed conditions of the prize may be learned by a reference to the notice posted in University...
Yale is to have a new baseball diamond for practice, and eight additional tennis courts on the new campus east of North Sheffield...
January 20-"The Ice Age in North America and the Antiquity of Man," Professor G. Frederic Wright, L. L. D. of Oberlin college, Ohio...
...King, '91, left the gymnasium at 3.23 o'clock and laid the trail through Norton's woods and thence to Beck hall; from there along Mt. Auburn and Boylston streets to the bridge; then doubling, ran down to the Magazine street bridge, through Beacon park, Brighton, and North Brighton to the arsenal at Watertown, and from there through East Watertown to Brattle street, below Mt. Auburn, where they made the break...