Word: lateral
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sheets of proof, which are unbound and at Widener are kept in a packet, he wrote, "Adelaide Boodle, these sheets with the kindest remembrances from Robert Louis Stevenson." Much is in the proofs that does not appear in the published volume. Ten lines of one poem were later dropped bodily for some personal reason of the author. There are two corrections of typographical errors and a number of mis-spelled words that had to be rectified...
...copies were struck off of "The Beach of Falesa," and these were used only for purposes of copyright. The book, which is cheaply bound, was recently sold at auction in London for $800. A few years later, however, Stevenson incorporated the story, with "The Bottle Imp" and "The Isle of Voices," into "Island's Nights Entertainments." The edition of ten was the only ever printed of "The Beach of Falesa" as a separate volume. It was published by Cassell and Company of London in 1892, and has many variations from the narrative as it appeared in the later collection. Many...
Officers of instruction and government desiring tickets must apply not later than May 25. Alumni should apply in writing for seats on or before May 31. In case of rain, the exercises will be held in Sanders Theatre, and different tickets will be needed, as Stadium tickets will not admit to the theatre...
...night. The present gown was introduced about 1892 as a substitute for the dress suit. As no men's gowns were manufactured in this country, the Seniors bought women's gowns. The few people who knew the difference didn't care, and the gown became a custom. Some years later an ingenious Class Committee made the rule that gowns should be worn all through May--that was a move to induce more men to buy gowns, as it seemed to many that a special garment for the Class Day exercises was a needless expense. Also, it served as a badge...
...University took two of its six runs in the second inning. Harte led off with a triple. Beal walked, and Fripp followed him by hitting a hard liner through short, scoring Harte. Fripp himself scored later when Healy lost his control and forced in a run. Abbot add- ed one to the tally in the next inning by singling and racing home when Healy fielded Harte's bunt and threw wild to first. Another score came in the sixth on Garritt's single. Coolidge's futile rap to third, and Nash's two-base hit to center. The scoring...