Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hall is by far the finest recitation building at Yale. The various rooms have a total seating capacity of 1450, almost equal to the present number of students; the large lecture rooms will seat nearly three hundred men each. The lighting arrangements are excellent, the small basement rooms being better lighted than most of the college buildings. The heating and ventilating system is perfect; in the cellar an enormous fan changes the air in every room in the building once in ten minutes, while the electric system makes the temperature self-regulating...
...members made a considerable saving at the time of purchase. Two years ago we were asked to take this saving under another form. The old system, it was complained, kept the supply of ready money short, and unnecessarily irritated the Cambridge tradesmen. It was therefore proposed to raise prices almost to the outside level, in order that the society might carry a larger and better stock; and the net surplus for the year was to be distributed in dividends. There is no reason why this should not be a better plan than the old one. As the result...
...little weak, but can probably be developed into a fairly good set of voices. The first tenor is deplorably weak. It seems as if a class of over three hundred ought to furnish more tenors. Those singing now are nearly all untrained and after an hour's practice are almost entirely unfit for further singing. If there are any more first tenors in the class they would do well to try for the club before it is too late...
...adopted in order to prevent the former practice. Here follows an excellent example of the effect of legislation upon the game. Had this rule been directed against the kicking back instead of against the picking up in the scrimmage our quarter back play would not have followed as it almost immediately did. Legislation favored snapping the ball back as the best and most scientific outlet for a scrimmage, and it is upon this line that our game developed. Once started in this direction the development was rapid, and in a few years the system of snapping back and quarter-back...
...work on the new boat house has progressed rapidly. The building has been covered over for quite a while, and the doors and windows have all been put in. On the lower floor the partition walls are being completed. The large hall to be used for storing boats is almost finished, and work has been commenced on the stairway leading to the second floor. The large platform on the lower floor is already finished. The two large doors opening from the hall upon the platform have been put in place. Above this platform there is a large balcony, overlooking...