Word: keeps
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University may not yet be able to construct a new gymnasium, but it should at least keep the present one decently clean. It is now filthy throughout...
This morning's communication does not throw any new light on the subject of the Gymnasium, but if it helps to keep alive interest in the need of a new building, it will amply serve its purpose. The present building is so hopelessly behind the times that it seems useless to try to improve it. If all the changes suggested were made, the Gymnasium would still be too small for general use and a great deal of money would have been spent in a futile endeavor to provide suitable facilities for indoor exercise. But although it may be unwise...
After starting, the first thing that the admiral did was to form the squadron into a line in Indian file. He insisted that the ships should keep just four hundred yards apart. They straggled for a few days, when the admiral began to send disagreeable messages which touched the officers' pride, until they all decided to do what he wished. As soon as he found that they had learned to keep their distance he began to put them through every imaginable evolution until they were able to perform with perfect accuracy...
Beginning tomorrow the Boylston street bridge will be closed for repairs for a period of about two weeks. Through arrangements made by Mr. Garcelon, the contractors will endeavor to keep a footbridge in use constantly, especially after 2 o'clock...
...track events should report to Coach Donovan at the following times: hurdlers, 3; sprinters, 3.30; distance runners, 4. Field candidates should report to Coach Quinn at the following times: pole-vaulters and broad-jumpers, 3; shot-putters and high-jumpers, 3.45; hammer-throwers, 4.15. Men are especially urged to keep the appointments assigned above, if possible...