Word: around
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...avenue, New York. They number twenty to the mile. Taking these blocks, then, as a standard, we find that the length of the "quadrangle" from Holworthy to Grays is two and a half blocks, and that its average width is only a little less than one block. A walk around this enclosure is considerably over a quarter of a mile. The width of the whole yard, from Wads worth House to the gate leading to the gymnasium, is three and a half blocks. The whole length is about four blocks. The single building of Memorial Hall and Sanders theatre...
...manager of the nine have sent around postals to all living outside of the college grounds requesting such to fill in the amount they are willing to subscribe for the nine, and return by mail the answers. All who do not feel able to subscribe are requested to so notify the manager by means of these postals. We hope none will fail to return some answer to these requests. It certainly is nothing more than an act of common courtesy so to do, and it will relieve the manager of much extra trouble...
Professor-"Mention an oxide." Student-"Leather." Professor-"Oxide of what?" Student-"Oxhide of beef." Professor looks anxiously around for an eraser...
...games shall be played with professionals, and that the rules of foot-ball shall be modified so as to do away, as far as possible, with brutality, might have been received with favor by other colleges. As it is, it looks as if a Chinese wall were being built around the Harvard students...
...rear leading to the river. Here, night again brought him relief. From this last position Lee still seemed determined to drive him where his own attention was drawn aside by the movements of Sedgwick in his rear. This general had received orders from his chief to move around and meet him at Chancellorsville. Instead, on Sunday, he moved straight forward, taking Fredericksburg, after a desperate resistance by the Confederates remaining behind for its defence and to watch his movements. But all this took time, and as Sedgwick moved slowly he was very far from joining Hooker. Indeed, he was checked...