Word: doors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fire at Pach's studio on Friday night was discovered by a roundsman on Main street. Noticing through the side-lights of the operating room the reflection of a bright light, he forced open the door and saw the flames breaking through the partition that separated the "dark room" from the reception room. The nearest box was at the junction of Main street and Putnam avenue; but for some reason he was unable to open this, and much time was consumed while he made his way to Harvard square. There is little doubt but that the fire was caused...
...development of the heart and lungs does not correspond, and therefore the excess of energy in one direction is offset by the loss in another. Neither do the best physiques come from the city, but, in general, from the large towns, where the advantages of pure air, out-door freedom and the absence of severe manual labor are combined. In this connection he remarked that, for a college student of the present day to spend his summer vacation working on a farm during haying and harvesting, and all the time subjecting a body unaccustomed to this sort of work...
Several Harvard graduates, with other gentlemen, contemplate renting, if practicable, the large hall in the Mechanics' Fair Building for in-door cricket during the winter...
...covered with ridicule. During the past fifteen years a wonderful change in the undergraduate life has taken place. The sleep of the Cambridge citizen was once broken by the uproarious singing of students in the streets. Now it is very rare to hear any boisterous midnight singing - such out-door singing as there is being confined to the college yard, where it seems appropriate and pleasant. The old tricks upon property are now unheard of. Professors are no longer the natural enemy of the student. The old 'cane-rushes' and terrible foot-ball fights are no more...
...will agree that regular gymnasium exercise and out of door sports are not only desirable, but indispensable to the physical welfare of students. Now if our nines, our elevens, and our crews were given up, who could doubt but that an immense diminution would take place in athletic interests, and that in consequence men would cease exercising to a great extent? It is the preservation of their athletic interest which is the important consideration. And until those who favor the breaking up of our different organizations can present a substitute for them in maintaining a healthful athletic spirit, or until...