Word: heights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...disposal of the sick man. The liability of such cases again occurring led to the erection of the college hospital. The hospital was built under the direction of prominent physicians, and is, accordingly, a model in every respect. Like all modern hospitals it is only one story in height, that being found to be the best for perfect ventilation and quick heating. There are two large rooms or wards, with two small rooms and bath-rooms adjoining. By this arrangement two different diseases can be treated here, and if occasion demands it eight students can be accommodated. In the basement...
Sage College is in the form of a quadrangle. The front portion of the building is four stories in height and contains, on the first floor, a parlor, reception rooms, matron's rooms and several students' rooms; and, on the other floors, a library, preacher's parlor, music rooms, infirmary and dormitories. The south wing gives accommodations for the botanical department of the university, a lecture room, analyzing rooms, herbarium, professor's study and museum. Recent additions have greatly increased the facilities of the botanical department...
...part of the partition in the auditor's room of Memorial Hall is now in place. It is made of ash to match the dado, with a top of black walnut. A gilded, open-work screen extending around the whole length will make the total height of the partition six and one-half feet...
...After three good tries Mandell failed at 9 feet. At 9 ft. Soren cleared the bar by several inches, causing great excitement. The applause was prolonged for some time. The bar was then put at 9 ft. 9 in., a quarter of an inch above the record; at this height Soren baulked at the first attempt, but his pole knocked off the bar. Considerable laughter was caused by the frantic efforts of the stewards to put the bar in place. On the third try the bar was cleared, but in falling to the ground Soren knocked the bar off. Soren...
RUNNING HIGH KICK.Cary, '86; Kimball, '86; Fessenden, '86; Soren, '83, and Fogg, '85, were entered. This event was introduced at Harvard for the first time last year, when Mr. Soren kicked a height of 8 feet, 4 inches. This does not count as a record, however, as the kicking was made from a mattress. The contest soon narrowed down to Soren and Fessenden. Soren won with a jump of 8 feet, 8 1/2 inches...