Word: furnishings
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...East Side House Settlement, which is at the foot of East 76th street, New York, is in great need of residents. The head-worker, Wm. H. Kelly, begs all interested in the matter to communicate with him, and he will be glad to furnish them with full information...
...efficiency of American occupancy depends upon these young men. There are no opportunities in the city for healthy relaxation, amusement and exercise. To meet this need a sum of $25,000 has been given to construct a building which shall contain a gymnasium, reading room, billiard room, etc. To furnish these rooms, committees have been formed at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania. The Yale committee has agreed to furnish the gymnasium at a cost of $1,400. Princeton the billiard room. Pennsylvania the reading room, at $1,000 each. A committee of Harvard undergraduates is attempting...
...weather has made the track slow. The men, however, are in good condition and the games should therefore furnish good competition, if not very excellent performances from the standpoint of records. Prizes will be given for first and second places in each event, but the Wells Cup for the quarter-mile will not be run for. Only the first and second men in the trial heats will quality for the finals. The handicaps will not be announced until directly before the games...
...practice of the baseball squad for the past week has been somewhat ragged owing to the muddy condition of the field. The material, although still undeveloped, promises to furnish at least an average team. The fielding has been unusually clean and sharp for so early in the season, and the base running, which was very poor the first of the week, shows marked improvement. The batting so far has been lamentably weak especially in the games with Tufts and Fordham. The pitching is fair, but there is yet great room for improvement. The game with Manhattan Saturday was cancelled...
...Dante chose the common tongue of Italy as the language of his sublime poems, and by that act the speech of the Italy speech was glorified forever. As the father of modern literature, then, Dante may rightfully be called the leader of the long line of writers who furnish the surest revelation of the races which have achieved the progress of the world during the last five hundred years...