Word: northern
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...from that section since the class of '90 entered college. Last year there were only four men from west of Missouri, and this year there are eleven. But this is hardly a fair estimate of what is commonly called the West. Taking into account the States bordering on the northern bank of the Ohio, and on the Mississippi north of and including Missouri it is seen that the support has been increasing for the last two years. '93 contributed 30 men from these States, '94 contributed 34, and '95 contributes 39. With the exception of '92 no previous class...
...drafting room. Additional skylights and gas fixtures, new black-boards, desks and instruments make its equipment and convenience complete. The whole building has been thoroughly renovated to meet the increased demands of the department. In the basement a new photographic room has been fitted up, while on the northern side of the building a 34 by 44 brick building is being constructed. It is to be one and a half stories in height, and when completed to be used as an electrical laboratory and workshop for advanced courses...
...views, and by the end of the evening the audience had become quite familiar with the old walls and towers of the university. The lecturer began with Magdalen College with its well-known tower and old stone pulpit out of doors. He then took his audience to the northern part of the city, passing through that part of the city containing University, Brazenose, St. Mary's, Queen's and New College. Some charming views were shown of St. Mary's Chapel, and its quaint door way flanked by two twisted pillars. A view of the Bodleian Library drew forth...
...sandy hill in the middle of the State, where the rain water disappears almost instantaneously, and for miles away you look down upon pines that are health-giving." The climate is mild and balmy. Seldom is there any winter. "The buildings, like those of Northern colleges of the grade of Dartmouth, Brown or Amherst, never had any doors apparently, and do not need them." Nor have hard blizzards necessitated even the replacing of "windows broken in war time." The roses bloom all the time in open air, and there is out-door singing in the January evenings, as with...
...Cambridge Town, commonly called Newton, is situated on the northern branch of Charles River, about three miles from Boston, in which are several good streets; but is most considerable for its University, consisting of three colleges. It is governed by a president, five fellows and the treasurer, who have each of them a competent revenue settled on them...