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...also decided to construct a wire cage partly around and above the circle from which the hammer is thrown to prevent a wild throw from crashing into the crowd...
...these teams will have a rink of some sort. Yale will use its new covered rink on which the second of the series of three games with the University team will be played. Cornell will have a number of rinks on Beebe Lake near Ithaca, and Princeton will construct and flood two rinks in Princeton. Cornell will play all of its home games at the Arena in Syracuse...
...bill authorizes the Metropolitan Park Commission or any town, city or other public body so authorized by the Commonwealth, to construct at any time hereafter drawless bridges across the Charles River connecting River street in Cambridge and Cambridge street in Brighton, and at any other points upon the river. The clearances must be at least twelve feet above the ordinary level of water in the basin over the main ship channel. The construction of piers and other obstructions to the flow of the river are to be subject to the approval of the Secretary...
...claims that the new system is perfect. It is an attempt to construct a positive system of education upon definite principles, and a system that is well fitted to the traditions of Harvard College because it leaves the initiative with the student himself. The essence of the system is that it holds up before a student a positive standard of education, and the setting up of that standard alone is of inestimable value. So long as he is told that any sixteen courses are, in the opinion of the college authorities, equivalent to any others, it is natural that...
...society, to be known as the Harvard Aeronautical Society, has been organized, with the purpose of rendering accessible to Harvard students information about flights, and of giving opportunity for experimental work under the supervision of the Astronomical and Engineering Faculties. The experimenting groups will attempt to construct some full-sized gliding machines...