Word: nearest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...column on the east side of the bridge nearest the Weld boathouse bears the same symbols only in reversed positions, the symbol of the scholar facing the north and that of the soldier toward the Stadium. On the tablet below is the following inscription: "May this bridge, built in memory of a scholar and soldier, connecting the College Yard and playing fields of Harvard, be an every present reminder to students passing over it of loyalty to country and alma mater, and a lasting suggestion that they should devote their manhood, developed by study and play on the banks...
...each of the two columns at the south end of the bridge, nearest the Stadium, the same two symbols have been placed in positions corresponding to those at the opposite end of the bridge. The right hand column, as one faces the Stadium, has a tablet on which these words have been inscribed: "On either side of the river there was a tree of life, which bore twelve manner of fruits and yielded her fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."--Rev. XXII, 2. Above this is the symbol...
...championship shield for the school which wins the greatest number of points on the basis of the one point for each match won has been awarded to Andover since that school already has a lead of five points over Exeter, the nearest competitor, and if Thayer wins the finals this lead will be increased...
...absence of F. G. Fripp '16, Nash now heads the base stealers, and he has maintained his lead in total runs by keeping 5 runs ahead of his nearest competitor, Gannett, who has 13 to his credit. The most remarkable item brought out by the figures is Nash's fielding average of 1,000 which he has maintained by accepting 163 chances without an error...
...will call between 1 and 4 o'clock this afternoon to collect the articles that have been turned over to the collectors. Men living in dormitories should give their contributions to the collectors appointed for their buildings and men living in private houses should bring their donations to the nearest dormitory...