Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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CLASS OF '92.- It is desirod to try for the crew every member of the class who has a good constitution, is 5 feet. 9 inches tall, and weights over 154 pounds. Will such men or the friends of such men send their names and addresg...
...west end of the field with the sun at her back while Princeton had the kick off. The ball was dribbled to Poe who ran behind the V of Princeton rushers and gained ten yards. Cowan failed to gain and Black could force his way ahead only a few feet. On the third down Ames kicked. Trafford failed to catch through interference but it was Harvard's first down on her twenty yard line. Saxe returned the ball to Channing who tried to run but was stopped by Cumnock. Ames gained twelve yards; Black made four more...
...court epics are of a different nature, being similar to the short English verse of seven or eight feet. Of this class the principal writers are Hartmann, Gottfried von Strasbourg and Wolfram Eschenbach. Hartmann, the author of "Erick," a poem of several thousand lines, was a writer of great poetic genius, as was Got fried, who, although unable to read or write, has left a poem of 1900 lines. But after the death of these three men there was a great decline in literature...
...varsity grounds are being greatly enlarged. The fence on the south side of the field is moved out some thirty or forty feet, and the hollow between the tracks and the north fence is being filled in. When the improvements are completed the ground will be large enough for two football fields or two diamonds...
...Harvard bridge was built by special act of legislature at a cost of $500,000, apportioned equally between Boston and Cambridge. It is built of plate girders and divided into twenty-one spans (excluding the draw), varying from 75 to 105 feet in length. The dimensions of the bridge are: length, 2157 feet; width, 70 feet; height above mean high water, 14 feet. The draw, 135 feet in length, is placed In the centre of the structure and is operated by an electric motor...