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...straying from the numerous paths upon the tender shoots. Of course the grass suffers; frequently it succumbs entirely and the Yard becomes an unsightly jigsaw puzzle. There are paths enough. Why not stay on them and give the grass a chance? And besides, he who wanders from the gravel walks is in imminent danger of trampling upon one of the new and stately oaks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPARE THE PATH AND SPOIL THE GRASS. | 4/13/1914 | See Source »

...soon as th frost is out, the builders will begin grading and terracing, the grounds. The grass courtyards will be intersected by gravel walks. An iron fence similar in design to that surrounding Soldiers Field will be built on Boylston street in front of Smith Hall, and along Charles River Road from the power house to Standish Hall, between Standish and Gore Halls, and across the court yard of Gore Hall. In this last section will be placed a gate given by the Fly Club in memory of their members who died in the Civil and Spanish Wars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: READY FOR JUNE DEDICATION | 2/20/1914 | See Source »

...grounds which this year will be entirely different from that of the past two seasons. The getaway, which is to be nearly a half mile long and 150 feet wide, will be at right angles with the one used at the previous meets. It will be constructed as a gravel road and when finished will be covered with oil and other preparation to make it firm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANNUAL AVIATION MEET | 6/7/1912 | See Source »

...tournament for the state championship in doubles, will be held on the gravel courts of the Brae Burn Country Club at West Newton, Tuesday, May 30, and Saturday, June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State Championship in Doubles | 5/24/1911 | See Source »

...presented to the Peabody Museum, specimens from the most famous European prehistoric sites, which form a valuable addition to the museum's collection. He made personal collections of flint chips and fragments from the "eolithic" sites of Otta, Portugal, and of Mons, Belgium--fragments that have lain in the gravel banks for ages, and which may represent the work of intelligent beings of the first quaternary, or even tertiary, epochs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gifts to Peabody Museum | 10/21/1907 | See Source »

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