Word: gate
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...thick over the entire surface. The dike is being strengthened against the tide; and the few remaining acres beyond will be gradually filled by college refuse. A few trees have been left, thus breaking the monotony of the level ground. The whole field will be drained through a tide-gate, which is made to work automatically-closed by the tide as it comes in, opened as it goes out. Next spring the ground will be seeded, and then will be closed for a year, that the grass may take good root. The expense for the whole cannot be exactly given...
...authoritatively stated that money has been given to the University to build a new gate. The name of the donor and the amount of the gift have not yet been made public...
...gate-keepers have been instructed not to pass any person or persons bearing these tickets...
...coming in but slowly. The freshmen should understand that their team must be heartily supported in order to make a creditable showing. The nine has expenses which must be met by immediate contributions. In the present unsettled state of negotiations with Yale, no reliance can be placed upon gate-money from a Yale game, and this is practically the only possible source of income besides subscriptions. The nine must not be handicapped by lack of funds either now or later in the season. Together with the crews it has the first claim upon the freshmen for subscriptions. With the increasing...
...Chicago gave its thirty third annual dinner at the Richelien last Saturday night. The club is the oldest and strongest of the local alumni associations, and includes within its membership some of the city's most prominent men. Upon the menu card was an etching of the new Harvard gate which is the gift of the second president of the club. Professor G. H. Palmer was present as the dele gate from the university and was the first to respond, the toast being "Good Old Harvard." He said, "Harvard is rapidly becoming the great democratic college of the world...