Word: gravel
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...extent of reclaimed land known as the Longfellow meadow. This land has been in the possession of the University for many years, but until lately it was regarded as practically useless. A process of draining and filling in, however, has resulted in reclaiming it completely. As soon as more gravel is thrown on and about a foot of loam on top of the gravel, grass seed will be planted and the whole area will become as well adapted to athletics as Soldiers Field proper...
...reclaimed land, which is now covered with gravel, will be plowed up in the spring and brought under cultivation, and in case the ground is then found fertile enough to grow grass, the tract of fifteen acres will be added to the "play ground...