Word: feet
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Some freshman wished to win immortal fame by having himself lowered from the top of the water tower and painting in orange 150 feet from the ground a large '92 seven feet in length...
...probably be ready for use in the fall of 1889. The basement and two lower stories are already built, and it is hoped that the building will be entirely closed in before winter, so that the plastering may be done during the cold weather. The exterior dimensions are 210x120 feet, and the material used in construction is a yellowish-brown brick, mottled with blue, which is made by the Perth Amboy Company in New Jersey. This material has been but little used as yet in this vicinity, and the house of Dr. Bradbury, at the corner of Marlboro and Exeter...
...studies will face the south and west, thus securing as much sunlight as possible, and giving a superb view of Cambridge Common, the Washington elm, and old Christ Church. The inside finish of the rooms will be of quartered oak, with a dado of the same, three feet high, while the mantels are to be of Knoxville grey marble. The ceilings will be tinted in water colors, and there will be a handsome picture-moulding on the walls...
...Markoe, '89, 23 years, 178 lbs., 6 feet, Philadelphia...
...Trafford, '89, 21 years, 169 lbs., 6 feet, Fall River, Mass...