Word: beds
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...dredging out the river-bed for the Cambridge pier of the new Stadium bridge, the workmen have come upon an old corduroy road, which probably served as the first bridge across the river in this vicinity. The road is remarkably well preserved, and the timber beyond being thoroughly watersoaked is otherwise in first-class condition. The logs extend down into the ground to a depth of twenty feet below the present river-bed...
...college dormitories, 52 would have taken room-mates, and 4 others would have roomed with other men upon certain conditions. The remainder of the answers, 393 in number, were from men who are not living at home. The men without room-mates total 156, 119 of them having bed-rooms and studies, and 37, bed-rooms only. There are 178 men living in groups of two, 50 in groups of three, 8 in groups of four, while one Freshman replied that he lived in a group of five. This includes all the 237 men who have roommates...
...Some fears have been felt, notably by boys still at school, that the gates are to be shut, and the Freshmen sent to bed, at fixed hours. Nothing of the kind is intended. On remarking some time ago that students cannot be driven anywhere by regulations, I was contradicted by the dean of another institution who insisted that by regulations they can be driven to the Devil. I accepted the amendment. We expect to rely upon creating the right environment, upon the influence that can be brought to bear by instructors, by upper classmen and by the leading figures among...
...building committee has had tentative plans drawn up by Messrs. McKim, Mead, and White with provision especially for additional sleeping facilities. The fourth and fifth floors will each contain eighteen bed-rooms with suitable bath-rooms. The additional space on the sixth floor will be used for squash courts, showers, and dressing rooms, provision for which, with the addition of a swimming pool, has also been made in the basement...
...third floor are a card-room, 18x19, a private dining room, 18x29, and eight bed-rooms; all the bed-rooms are on the front of the house. On this floor are also additional service and toilet rooms. The fourth floor has 11 bed-rooms, and the fifth floor has 15. Many of the bed-rooms in the house have private baths, and the others are convenient to bathing and toilet accommodations...