Word: feet
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...plans for the new Semitic Museum have finally been decided upon. The building will be of three stories and will be erected on Divinity avenue, about seventy feet south of the Peabody Museum. The frontage will be eighty feet and the depth fifty-two feet. The front door will open into a hallway fourteen feet wide, which will extend through the entire building. To the right of the hallway will be a large lecture room, fifty by thirty feet, with a seating capacity of two hundred and fifty. To the left will be another lecture room, thirty by twenty-four...
...building is to be, roughly speaking, 178 feet long, by 104 feet wide; covering thus over 17,000 square feet. It is probably to front on Harvard Street; having a convenient side-entrance on Quincy street...
...part of students, over any previous year must be apparent. Until recently there has been some sort of regard for the proprieties of a place where many men are obliged to come for study and research: now, however, there is a continuos undercurrent of talking, tramping of feet and banging of chairs. Nothing is more annoying in such a place than a scuffing of feet, a drum beat on the resonant desk, or a dry episode coming from three benches away. Some communication is necessary and so, of course, is walking, but I suggest that the students be reminded...
...swimming pool. As soon as this work is completed the new building will be begun. It is to be L-shaped and will extend across the south end of the lot and have a ninety foot front on Holyoke street. The gymnasium, 22 by 35 feet, will be at the west end of the south side and next to it will be placed the two squash-ball courts, each 20 by 30 feet. The swimming pool, 22 by 35 feet, will be at the southeast corner of the building. On the northwest corner of the lot tennis courts will...
...ballets showed careful training, and were well received. In the first one, E. B. Ahlborn '02, as La Fortune, was painfully careful and seemingly needed more practice to be altogether at his case. The "caprices" were spirited and well-drilled, but showed a great lack of lightness on their feet which detracted much from their otherwise excellent showing. The minuet was graceful and very well executed, though a little too much carelessness was shown, even for a dress rehearsal. The music, furnished by the Bohemian Orchestra, was appropriately chosen and well appreciated...