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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Approximately 18,000 square yards of earth will have to be removed before the construction work can get under way. An area almost twice that of the Langdell Hall as it now stands will be dug to a depth of between 9 and 16 feet...
According to the proposed program for the summer, actual climbing of 13 peaks ranging from 9000 to 15,000 feet high, will occupy the peripatetic students. Following the summer of training those who have shown themselves most proficient will try the Matterhorn, which is considered one of the most difficult climbs in Europe. This course is open to students in the University and to other aspirants who have proved their interest in Geology and Geography...
...Geology will be part of the summer's work, the daily program consisting of alternate periods of two hours of climbing and one hour of study. The investigation of rocks and glaciers is expected to take on new interest as new specimens are encountered at every few hundred feet of climbing in the setting of renowned scenic grandeur...
...genius is undeniable in the earliest story, "Little Herr Friede-mann," the stark, pathetic account of a hunchback, whose reasoned contentment is shattered by his sudden love for a flashing Valkyrish woman. Her cruel scorn for his declared love drives him to drowning himself ludicrously?head in the river, feet on the bank...
There were two out in the last half of the third inning at Fitton Field, Worcester, Saturday afternoon when F. E. Nugent '30 fielded an easy grounder from the bat of Captain Frank Savage of Holy Cross and tossed the pellet 15 feet in the air over first base. And although no one noticed it then, the soaring horsehide carried the ball game with...