Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...roof of the new Memorial Library at Yale has been completed, and work is now advancing rapidly on the interior. The decorations will be extremely handsome, especially in the great reading room. The ceiling which rises in the shape of a dome will be beautifully ornamented. A tablet in memory of the founder will be inserted over the immense open fire-place. There will be a memorial window of stained glass. The Memorial Library will be connected with the present library and when the whole system is completed each section will be devoted to a special department of literature...
...city inspires, he began by explaining its situation. Venice is situated in a lagoon, like Pamlico sound on the Atlantic coast, which is separated from the sea by a series of sand spits, broken only by occasional ship channels. One of these spits, called the Lido, is the great watering place and pleasure resort of the city...
...regard to the hare and hounds runs. I see no reason why this sport could not be carried on during the early spring, as the roads are not necessarily always bad. Although, properly speaking, it is a fall sport, yet I think that runs could be held to great advantage in the spring. These runs, providing that the H. A. A. saw fit, would doubtless be a benefit to the long-distance runners of the Mott Haven team. Of course the H. A. A. is all-powerful in taking the initiative in this branch of athletics, but as has been...
...Yale junior promenade and the sophomore German were both great successes...
...present number of the Advocate is marked by the great variety in the style and subjects of the articles. With one exception the pieces are short, and as all are entertaining, the number is a very interesting one. In the editorial column are discussed the value and scope of the work done by the various technical societies, the CRIMSON'S petition for electric lights for the library, and a quotation from Mr. Joseph Lee's letter to the Boston Herald, which has aroused so much comment recently. The last editorial is a little unfair in its anxiety to be candid...