Word: coverings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Work is being pushed on the Cary building in order to get it roofed in before a heavy show fall; otherwise work would be very much retarded. The wings are almost entirely covered, and the material is all ready to cover the main portion but owing to the weather, it is almost impossible to lay the brick for the outside walls. The work on the tank is being rapidly advanced, and it certainly will be ready for the crew by the middle of January. The whole building will be completed somewhere about the first of March...
Every year sees valuable additions to the lectures of our university, and at no time have these additions been more numerous than at present. Among others, during the coming winter an interesting course will be given on German Literature which will cover in a cursory manner the whole ground of German Literature from the middle ages down to the present century, dwelling most emphatically on the most striking features of this development. By way of pointing out the relation of the literary life of the people to their society and politics it is intended that the lectures shall comprehend...
...portion of the fence remains to be set up and the planking is yet to be laid on the Cambridge end of the bridge; this work will probably be finished within three weeks, when the bridge will be practically complete. The house to accommodate the draw tender and cover the draw machinery is not yet built, but its construction will not delay the opening of the bridge; the same can be said of the asphalt pavement, the laying of which has on account of the lateness of the season been postponed until next spring. The car tracks have been placed...
...account of the number of stairs to be climbed and at the same time were injured by the great heat. The scheme of the new library is radically different. The structure is divided into seperate lofts about sixteen feet in height. Bookcases, from seven to eight feet high, cover the floors in every direction, saving only the necessary space for passages to reach them. Above the tops of the cases the walls are pierced with ample windows, lighting very fully all the cases. Light swift-running lifts will connect the delivery department with each floor, where assistants will attend...
...standard works of German literature and on German literature from the 4th to the 19th century. Gradually the less important works will be bought and the gaps will be filled in, so that by the end of the year Dr. Francke expects the library will cover in a fair manner the field of German literature. The Villard library will be open during the day-time to all members of the university, and students may obtain keys from Dr. Francke...