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...throughout the entire season. That is to say he escaped all injury which kept him out of games. In the Pennsylvania game he collided with Paul Scull on a certain line play which left its effect on his masticating apparatus but did not keep him from action for any length of time. Trainer later described the Penn captain as the hardest running back he had ever opposed, certainly a tribute to the man whom many rated as the outstanding player of the 1928 football season. After that accident Trainer had a special mask constructed by which he could easily...
...will be served in the Reading Room, and an inspection of the building will follow. One of the unique features of the new building which the visitors will be shown is the reading room, the largest in any library in the world, a room 480 feet long, extending the length of the building. In the center of this huge room there is located a delivery desk 24 feet square, with a capacity for 1600 books within the desk. A book lift connects this desk with the book stacks in the basements, so that, at a moment's notice, the student...
...present," said Premier Ferguson, "the seams have been located by drill to a length of one mile, and a width of one-half mile, and of an established thickness averaging 18 ft. This in itself constitutes a reserve of several million tons, and it is in every way likely that a seam of such thickness will be found to be more extensive. It is anticipated that further drilling will prove the deposit to be truly a large and important one. The present ten holes merely constitute a start in our exploratory program...
...Prince Louis laughed at the idea of a Monagasque revolution; not so Princess Charlotte. She rushed to Monte Carlo fortnight ago, listened long and patiently to the Monagasques' complaints. On to Marseilles went she to argue the justice of their claims with her father. At length after a long and exhausting family scene, he relented, wrote a favorable reply to his subjects' demands. With Prince Louis' letter in her handbag, adopted daughter Charlotte hurried back to Monaco...
...most outstanding feature of the new Langdell Hall, which will be shown to the visitors following the ceremonies, is the new reading room, the largest in the world, 480 feet long, extending the entire length of the building. In the center of this huge room there is located a delivery desk 24 feet square, with a capacity for 1600 books within the desk, conducted during 1926-27, about $500,000 was set aside for the general endowment of the library. A further $100,000 was provided for bibliographical assistance and $200,000 for a publication fund. These funds have enabled...