Word: aires
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sufficient area to allow a tennis court and a good expanse of lawn, which may be utilized for spreads and the various club purposes. Two large verandahs overlook the yard. Both are in direct connection with the serving room and in warm weather will be used for open air dining rooms...
Ithaca, N. Y., September 28.--Instruction began at Cornell University September 24 with what promises to be a record enrollment. The past few days have seen hundreds of old and new students pouring into the city and the campus has again assumed an air of life and activity. The registration figures have not as yet been made public, but it is expected that the number of freshmen will far exceed that of any previous year...
...instance, some think the accommodations too uniform; some complain that it will be a hardship on the very poor boys, who will no longer be able to shrink into remote quarters and hide their poverty. The answer to this is that the poor boy may learn in the cheerful air of comradeship, which should prevail here, that poverty implies no disgrace and is nothing to apologize for. To us the criticisms are hardly worth considering in comparison with the high aim, the democratic results, certain to be achieved, and the scholastic benefits to accrue. The only real objection we have...
...colonial. The studies have broad windows with built-in window seats and the finish is white enamel in bedroom, study and bath room. All the doors are wide and white, with heavy brass handles and on the outside doors are hospital thumb-latches. The large general rooms have ample air space, and the bedrooms and studies are nine feet high in the air...
...subjects taken up in the course will include City Administration and Organization, City Planning, Housing, Fire Prevention and Protection, Public Lighting, Street Paving, Air and Ventilation, Water Supply and Water Purification, Sewerage and Sewage Disposal...