Word: dug
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...cellar for the Williams gymnasium has been dug...
Perhaps there were sufficient grounds for maintaining secrecy in regard to the resolutions. It was probably meant in kindness to the students. They would be ignorant of the exact extent of the mine that was being secretly dug under their athletic interests, and of course would feel far more comfortable than if they knew just what threatened them. To us such an attempt at secrecy appears much like a stolen march. Students have built up various athletic organizations, and fostered an interest in athletic sports under great difficulties. This interest has been a source of great advantage to the students...
...sleeper above mentioned, which as we have said was supported on a brace running up from the pile. This strain bearing upon the brace caused it to force the pile out from its position and allowed the whole structure to fall. One of the men at the boat house dug down into the soft mud with his hands along the pile until he reached a more solid foundation into which the pile was driven but little more than three inches...
...This beam rested on the top of a strong pile, which was driven into the soft, muddy bottom of the river. In the first place the pile upon which the whole structure rested was never driven in until it struck a solid foundation, but was merely inserted in holes dug in the mud for the purpose. Upon this pile rested a transverse beam, from which the pillars reached to the upper platform. A short distance to the west this beam was spliced. The main pillar which supported the weight above was not a continuous piece of timber, but was patched...
...April games: Winslow, '85, Smyth, '83, White, '84, pitchers; Crocker, '85, catcher; Smith, '86, 1b.; Coolidge, L. S., 2b.; Beaman, '85, 3b.; Baker, '84, s. s.; Lovering, '84, 1. f.; Allen, '86, r. f.; while for centre field there are numerous candidates. The diamond on Jarvis has been dug up preparatory to being rolled, and a few days of pleasant weather will put the field in fine condition...