Word: chutes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Corey Hill Toboggan Club has one chute in good condition...
Amherst has a toboggan club which has built a $200 chute on the hill beside the gymnasium...
...Cambridge Toboggan Club held a meeting Monday evening for the election of officers and transaction of other business. Last year's officers were all re-elected, and it was voted to raise the chute and lengthen the slide...
There are now over two hundred toboggans at the Corey Hill club house. The chute of the slide is about 1400 feet long, but when in good condition the toboggans go way beyond that distance...
...that seemed to detract from the solemnity of the occasion was the frantic clutchings and clawings of the air by the unfortunate victims of the experiments. We may add that Mr. Knapp proposes to have an exhibition of other fire escapes in a few days, including the famous canvas chute arrangement. He also suggests that the students volunteer and take part in frequent practice in raising the extension fire-ladders...