Word: fall
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...race between Columbia and Harvard has been officially declared off-for this year at least. To say that this action has our heartiest approval is only to repeat what we said last fall. We do not think it advisable for Harvard to row Columbia so short a time before the race with Yale, and as long as Columbia could not manage to row us earlier, it is far better to give up the idea of any race at all. The Columbia men understand our position in this matter thoroughly, and they have treated us in most honorable and gentlemanly manner...
...suburbs nearer the city and raise the value of real estate in them correspondingly. The cable is run along a trench under the tracks; is operated by steam power at the ends of the route; is kept taut by a system of weights at its extremities, which rise and fall according to the number and weight of the cars attached. A slot about three-quarters of an inch wide runs between the tracks, and through it the clamp of the dummy or grip car is operated by the driver. The cable moves at a uniform rate, but the speed...
...Haven, March 3, by 1 1-2 in. The middle-weight wrestlers next appeared. The contest was narrowed down to L. W. Puls fer, '90, and F. S. Duncan, '90-Mason, '91, not appearing, and Monroe, '89, getting into the light-weight-class. Duncan won the first-fall in 5 min. 15 sec., Pulsifer getting his wind knocked out by a tumble. The second fall came to Pulsifer in 6 min. 13 sec. While these men rested before the third trial, the first bout of the middle-weight sparring was called. Bangs, '91, faced Mancha, Sp. Mancha appeared to have...
...first round was rather quiet, both men feeling around a good deal. In the second and third rounds Bangs forced the fighting, but his advances were well met and again the judges had to announce a draw. The final light-weight wrestling went to Cabot, who won the only fall in the second bout; Paine did not appear for the third. The floor was now cleared for the tug-of-war. The sophomores, with the following team, had the north end of the building: A. Amory, (anchor), L. A. Piper, E. S. Jones and R. Jones, while '91 was represented...
...Kent Chemical Laboratory at Yale is near completion and will be ready for regular use at the beginning of the college year next fall when some new chemistry courses will probably be opened. The building is of brown stone, will cost $75,000, and is very well arranged internally. The first floor contains a lecture room seating 200 and a large laboratory. Directly below this laboratory in the basement and above on the second floor are two other laboratories corresponding to the first in size and shape. The second floor will also contain smaller lecture rooms and rooms belonging...