Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...heating, ventilating and sanitary arrangements are as perfect as modern science can make them. There will be hot and cold water throughout the building, and every stairway will contain a freight elevator. The fireplaces in the studies will be furnished with the Jackson ventilating grate, which receives cold air from a flue rising from the basement. This fresh air enters the room above the grate and ventilates the room, thus obviating the necessity of opening the windows in extremely cold weather. Steam heat will be used in the hallways and lavatories...
...been derived entirely from the newspapers which have chosen to disparage the committee on every possible occasion. The newspapers have more than hinted that the crew itself does not feel confidence in the committee. It may not be out of place, therefore, to state here that the crew puts perfect confidence in the gentleman who are coaching them; and whether the race is won or lost, they will be warmly grateful to the members of the graduate committee...
Harvard defeated University of Pennsylvania yesterday afternoon in a well-played game. Pennsylvania made several very costly errors, while Harvard played a perfect fielding game with the exception of one wild pitch by Boyden. Neither side scored during the first four innings. In the third inning, with Quackenboss on second, Howland hit a fly to short centre field which was captured by Hamme after a hard run. He threw Quackenboss out at second, making a brilliant double play. In the fifth inning, Harvard scored two runs on a single by Knowlton, a double by Quackenboss and errors by Nellins...
...perfect for base-ball, and the game was witnessed by fully five thousand people. Yale sent up a delegation of about a hundred and fifty, which backed up the nine well. Harvard took the lead so soon, however, that there was no opportunity for them to cheer...
...uncovered, tried to take more than one base, but was put out, Campbell to Gallivan. McConkey went out on a grounder to short. With two out, Calhoun hit safely to right and stole second. Noyes followed with a beautiful single to centre; Boyden stopped the ball and, by a perfect throw to the plate, shut off Calhoun, who was trying to get home from second on Noyes...