Word: mortaring
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...Washington Harvard Club to a smoker at the University Club, which has extended its privileges to all members of the delegation while in the city. At 9.30 tomorrow morning all the men will assemble at headquarters to prepare for the inaugural parade. The delegation, in black gowns and red mortar-board caps, will lead the college division of the parade. Men who wish to attend the inaugural ball will meet at headquarters at 7.30 o'clock Saturday evening...
Tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock the black gowns and red mortar-board caps to be worn by Harvard men in the inaugural parade will be given out at Butler's. All who go to Washington under the special arrangements of the club are expected to enter the parade, and must wear uniforms. The caps and gowns will be loaned by the club, and may be kept only on payment of $1. On the morning of the parade a picture of the Harvard delegation in uniform will be taken...
...Agassiz house will occupy the corner of James and Mason streets, on which site a brick schoolhouse now stands. The architecture will harmonize with that of the Radcliffe Gymnasium, and the structure will, be built of Harvard brick, laid with broad, white mortar joints. The interior, which will also resemble the Gymnasium in finish, will have trimmings of marble...
...foundation of the Parthenon was built of a limestone; but marble was used in all other parts. No mortar was used in joining the stones, not because the Greeks were unfamiliar with mortar, but because more beautiful joints could be made by carefully fitting together the marble blocks. Once fitted, they were held fast by iron braces and wooden pins...
...CAPS.The caps shall be of the material and form generally used, and commonly called mortar-board caps. The color shall be dark. The doctor's caps may be of velvet. Each cap shall be ornamented with a long tassel attached to the middle point of the top. The tassel of the doctor's cap may be in whole or in part of gold thread...