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...still impossible to state definitely when the Stadium will be ready for use, but the details of construction, including that of the curved part, have, in general, been decided upon. The width, at any point, from the outer wall to the inner parapet will be 95 feet, the length of the straight side 363 feet, and the distance from side to side 230 feet. The bow will be semi-circular, with a radius of 115 feet for the inner circle or parapet, and a radius of 210 feet for the outer circle or outer wall...
...parapet will be nine feet high, and the lowest seats will thus be approximately nine feet from the ground. This parapet will have five openings or doorways on each of the straight sides of the Stadium, which will lead from the field to the space underneath the seats. It is at present intended to close these openings permanently with heavy doors or gates. In addition to these ten doorways there will be a large portal in the bow of the Stadium, which is intended to relieve the plainness of the parapet in the curve. The portal, excepting for some gateway...
Work has been commenced upon the new Phelps gateway, which will occupy a position between Welch and Lawrence Halls and overlooking the New Haven Green. The building is designed as a tower flanked by four octagonal turrets, with an elevation from ground to top of parapet of about 100 feet. The exterior will be faced with sandstone from the Longmeadow quarries. Collegiate gothic has been adopted as the design of the new hall. This building will complete the long front on the easterly side of the campus...
...quiet place at a quiet hour and murdered. Can we not picture the sudden grapple and the terrible struggle, upon which the cold stars gazed down so unpityingly? No eye saw the savage blow, no ear heard the victim's shriek, as he was flung from the parapet. The night was deaf, and the darkness was blind, and nothing remained to tell the story but the clotted handful of the murderer's hair which the police took next morning from the rigid fingers of his victim. A bulky and heavy sack, stained crimson, is silently brought to the river side...