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Word: adorning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...records made from time to time in track athletics. The custom of having the photograph of each team placed in the room, together with a record of what it had done, was maintained for several years. Later the custom died out. Moreover, the flags which adorn the room have been neglected. They are rapidly rotting, and will soon be in shreds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Trophy Room. | 2/14/1894 | See Source »

...pass daily in and out from Memorial Hall and see the tablets which adorn the walls of the vestibule, there are probably but few upon whom is borne the true significance of these tablets, those speaking examples of the spirit of generous sacrifice in which Harvard's sons laid down their lives in the war. The true meaning of this devotion has only partly been realized by us, and never can be fully realized until we are brought face to face with these men and their deeds through those who suffered and struggled with them. The beauty of a memorial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/25/1892 | See Source »

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