Word: levels
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...opposition has been made to putting a permanent fence around Jarvis field, and if Holmes field is to be gradually filled by gymnasiums, law schools and physical laboratories, there will be no use in expending money on improving that. The athletic association is urgent in its demands for a level running track of a third or quarter of a mile in extent, in place of the present inclined fifth of a mile. The foot-ball men, and the whole college on their behalf, say that it is of vital importance that they should have a good enclosed field in which...
...grand reform; and the defeat of the nine, the crew, or the eleven at the hands of Yale, will deprive them of time-honored privileges. By all means, let this decision be rescinded, and, depend upon it, the freshman nine, if they represent a class placed on level with the more advanced, will respond more successfully to confidence and respect than to doubt and intimidation...
...past nine days the severest blizzard of the season has been raging in the Black Hills. Two feet of snow on a level has fallen and the storm extended one hundred miles in every direction from Deadwood...
...score contains various pretty numbers, but they are all more or less the product of labor rather than of inspiration. The only exception is the waltz with which the second act closes, a most felicitous effort even for Strauss, though not even in this number does he approach the level of excellence which occurs at the same point in 'Die Fledermaus...
...that they are accepting their positions only till better opportunities for advancement present themselves. Harvard should, perhaps, feel complimented by the success attained by Mr. Riddle and Mr. Sargent, but the students of elocution under them little appreciate our institution being made a training-school for the drama. The level of the department of elocution should be raised to its due importance, and the service extended, so that the instructors may feel that they occupy positions which are permanent and lucrative enough to be retained...