Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Class abolish the holy office of chaplain. Now there are whispers that the exercises at the tree on Class Day are a boyish high-school sort of performance, not untainted with rowdyism, and there are students ready to assert that an exercise which shows us up more in the light of clowns than gentlemen might better be dispensed with...
...measure of success or failure. It is but fair to state that some doubts are cast upon the working of this system, which, like every other yet proposed, is vitiated by the artificial division of classes by society lines. The experiment, however, is to be judged in the light of former elections and in view of the fundamental principles of human nature. It is absurd to apply the touchstone of perfection to a college election. As in municipal elections, the essence of the plan is the formation of parties, and, in fact, the best selection is possible only when competition...
...bath-room, with two baths and five lavatoirs, a janitor's room, and a large club-room; on the other, there will be twenty-six lockers arranged in five rows, at right angles to the sides. On both sides dormer-windows will be projected, and if more light is needed, skylights will be cut in the roof. If the whole plan as proposed can be carried out with the two thousand dollars given by the Corporation, we shall have a very commodious, convenient, and handsome boat-house. For the last few years nothing has so dampened the spirits of oarsmen...
With curious tinted light across...
...wish to study and read, and the books in the alcoves will be mostly those of reference. The alcoves will probably be closed,-except to the privileged, by a railing running around the room, and will be unoccupied, the shelves that cover the windows being removed to admit the light. The present reading room will be divided into small study-rooms for the convenience of those who, in their studies, require table-room for a large number of books. The basement will be used for binder's room, storage, etc. The great number of books and the increasing number...