Word: frame
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...part of the apparatus which will be carried to Peru is a light portable frame building of one story with a ground area of three hundred square feet, which is to be the observatory of the party; the scarcity of wood and carpenters in Peru makes it prudent to build this here. The class of work which the expedition will undertake comes under the terms of the Boyden bequest. The cost of the work upon the Stella spectra is sustained by the Draper Memorial Fund...
...Fullerton tells the pathetic story of a little match girl, "Delia," who had been driven out into the streets day after day by her degraded father until her small frame succumbed to the fatigue and exposure. The story is rather depressing, but the touch of sincerity shown in the portrayal of the character holds the reader's attention to the end. The style is simple and the narrative moves easily...
Captain Stagg, of Yale, has invented a machine to assist in the practice of sliding bases. It is a frame work 14 feet long about 4 feet high, covered with tightly-stretched canvas, which is in turn covered with a piece of carpet. The men rush the length of the cage, and throwing themselves on the machine, shoot headlong across its surface...
...assisted by Hackett, Willard and Longworth, all of '91-Hackett and Willard each singing a solo, and Longworth playing a solo on the violin. The club has twenty-four members: First tenors-Rice, Ruggles, Parker, Blaney, Willard, Scott; second tenors-Liscomb, White, King, Morton, Hayes; first bases-Williams, Frame, Holt, Marple, Washburn. J. W. Rice, Geary; second basses-Griffin, Hate, Hopkinson, Cannon, Longstreth, Embick, Alkinson. The officers of the club are: President, Atkinson; secretary, Hopkinson; leader, Liscomb...
...assured that this reparation for this "heartrending" episode has already caused the officers and members of our orchestral club to break the vow which they had made never to accept another invitation to play in Wellesley. Now they are in that frame of mind that they can conceive of no more ideal ending to this intercollegiate misunderstanding than an invitation to play in Wellesley in the spring, when balmy moonlight nights enhance the already great charms of that delightful spot...