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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from a gift of $8,000 by H. B. Rogers of the Class of 1822. When constructed, the gymnasium supplied the needs of the entire college; it soon proved to be inadequate, however, which is shown by the fact that the President of the College proposed building a larger structure, and converting the old one into a "swimming bath...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCHANGE OF LAND IS CONTEMPLATED | 11/23/1928 | See Source »

Turkeys. Commercial hatching, benignant weather, have made the Thanksgiving crop 4% larger than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Commodities | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...lack of lustre promptly confesses an imitation to the expert. Less practiced eyes look at the thread holes. When true pearls are drilled, the skin at their poles remains flat and smooth. Imitation pearls are built around this hollow core, which therefore is considerably larger and has perceptible lips. Other proofs of true pearls: they are not easily frangible (imitations are only wax-filled glass balls); being organic, they are dulled and ultimately dissolved in vinegar's mild acetic acid (imitations dull but do not dissolve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Superlatives Exhausted | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...Freshman soccer team defeated the Brown University Freshman boosters 5 to 0 in a one sided game at Providence yesterday. The Crimson aggregation clearly showed their superiority in all departments of the game and only several unfortunate breaks in the play kept the score from being larger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN SOCCER ELEVEN IS VICTOR OVER BROWN BY 5 TO 0 | 11/8/1928 | See Source »

Bostonians were equally interested just after Artist Stuart's death in 1828 when a possibly larger exhibition was held there on behalf of impoverished Mrs. Stuart and her four daughters. Having painted more than a thousand portraits, including the first five Presidents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thrills & Dales | 11/5/1928 | See Source »

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