Word: ladders
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...seen in China men of fifty years of age, the fathers of families, still attending college, diligently seeking to obtain their first degree. But the gaining of the first degree does not complete a Chinaman's education; far from it, he has gained but the first step on the ladder of fame." An idea that certainly presents a startling suggestion to Americans. Under such a system it is probable that the majority of, for example, the Harvard faculty would still be in the leading-strings of "Finals" and "Semis;" but then the query arises, "Who would constitute the teaching body...
...fire ladder escapes have been put in College House...
...rising Russian painter, Basile Vereschagin, on entering the studio of Picot to learn the rudiments of his art, refused to be made the victim of the rough treatment to which it was proposed to subject him. This consisted in attaching the new-comer's head downwards to a ladder, and then blowing tobacco smoke up his nose - an invention truly worthy of "Fox's Book of Martyrs." Vereschagin, at this proposition, opened his blue eyes and, with a sweet, quiet smile, observed, "Gentlemen, I have come here to learn painting, and with no intention of being tied to any ladder...
...occasion was also celebrated in the afternoon by a largely attended exhibition of fire-escapes back of Thayer. The entertainment was carried out according to programme, beginning with the world-renowned loose rope performance on Rice's patent fire escape, and ending with a volunteer fire-ladder exhibition enlivened with numerous exciting divertissements du dog-fight. The raising of the ladder to a fifth story window occupied six minutes, but could undoubtedly be made much shorter with practice and experience in their...
...long mooted question in regard to fire escapes is at last to be definitely settled. On Holyoke House and College House alone will improvements be made as regards permanent fire escapes. Two of the ladders on Holyoke will be extended up to the roof, and on College House will be placed two new iron ladder fire escapes. These escapes will be at each end of the long entry, and will reach several feet above the upper story. This latter extension is made in order that students in the upper story of the centre hall, which is one story higher than...