Word: fell
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...underbrush. We hacked our way through with our machetes, shielding our eyes as best we could from the springy branches. When the foot of the tower was reached, the entrance was found to be completely blocked by dust and debris. Further efforts were necessitated, until at last the door fell open, revealing a hollow chamber free from dust and well-preserved from the ravages of time...
...young men, who came from country and city, with all the pride of their race, who, veterans from the first, inspired a new sprit into the army, and gave their lives for an ideal. I saw in your library photographs of your comrades who fell in the war. Our Italian universities have similar exhibitions. These young men who gave their youth for a faith, are the foundation of the future civilization, and a greater...
There has been much discussion of what form our memorial to the Harvard men who fell in the war should take Why not a memorial quadrangle, composed of dormitories, to be situated between Mount Auburn street and the Freshman Halls? Would not such a quadrangle be of immense practical value to Harvard, and might it not be so designed as to emphasize properly its memorial character...
...came to Massachusetts in 1637, and almost immediately donated his library and half of his estate to the college which had been established by order of the General Court. Shortly afterwards the colony failed to do even a portion of what it had promised, and the burden of responsibility fell almost wholly on John Harvard. The institution was named Harvard College...
...Elis triumphed over the West Point eleven in a thrilling game the following Saturday. For three periods the Yale team out-played the invading outfit and well deserved the 14-7 win which they carried away, but it was only by the narrowest margin that the Cadets' comeback fell short. In the last few minutes of the final period the Grey and Black team uncovered a dazzling series of forward passes and taking the pigskin in midfield carried it in six plays down the field and over the line. Uncovering a similar attack on the following kick-off, two plays...