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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first division started at 3.35 o'clock in the following order: 1, Claverly; 2, Randolph; 3, Westmorly; 4, Russell; 5, Craigle-Waverley; 6, Dunster-Dana-Drayton. There were no bumps in this division, although at one time Craigie-Waverley cut down Russell's lead to half a length, but Russell spurted and was never again in danger. Claverly gradually pulled away from Randolph and finished in good form. For a while, Westmorly kept up with Randolph, but in the last half of the course they fell behind. Dunster made a poor start and never made up the distance thus lost...
...previously announced, the dam is being built on the site of the Craigie bridge and its length will be 1300 feet, the width varying from 340 to 490 feet. It will consist of two granite retaining walls backed by concrete, the space between the supporting piles being filled in with earth. No concrete will be visible from either the harbor or the basin side. The height of the dam will be 21 feet above the mean low water level and 13 feet above the full basin level, which is approximately two feet below high tide. Owing to additional plans...
...recently been filed and work begun on the Boston embankment, extending from the Cambridge bridge along the Boston shore as far as the southerly side of the Back Bay fens. Construction work on section one of the embankment comprises 2700 linear feet of retaining wall and about the same length of earth embankment. The Commission will soon receive bids for the work on section two, which is located back of Beacon street. Along the wall, south of the Cambridge bridge, the esplanade will vary in width from 180 to 300 feet, and the portion in the rear of Beacon street...
Tweed made the last touchdown through tackle, after the ball had been carried the length of the field on clever passes and kicks. Hall missed the goal. Time was called shortly after...
...team to represent the University in debate against Yale on December 7. At the first trial on Tuesday, October 30, speakers will be allowed five minutes, and ten to sixteen men will be retained. The speeches at the second trial on November 2 will be ten minutes in length, six men being retained. These will be divided by lot into teams of three men each, which will debate on November 6 to determine the final make-up of the team. At this trial each man will speak twelve minutes, and five minutes in rebuttal, and the Coolidge Debating Prize...