Word: plank
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Notwithstanding the fact that the subject of "plank walks" has been so thoroughly ventilated by the college papers that it must provoke a smile on every face to see it mentioned again, nevertheless we think it our duty to call the attention of the authorities to the wretched condition of the walks between the chapel and Memorial, and between the library and chapel. Even now the mud is several inches deep in some places, and what must we expect when the regular spring thaws come? It seems to us that a great lack of forethought was shown by the authorities...
Again we begin to feel the need of plank walks...
...Plank walks have recently been placed the whole length of Everett street...
...tell you more. I can tell you why worms crawl, why the Nine muffs, why Juniors jodel. At a lecture on the Vedas, I could have told you from actual observation the length of a Latin foot, and could have proved that the Romans wore pigtails, and had plank walks. During a lecture on the Italian classics, I proved to myself by the theory of curves that Napoleon was only Hannibal in disguise, and that the Graian Alps were so called because the Confederate States of America (whose uniform was gray) made their last stand here against the terrible Swedish...
...ventilation, and its commodious recitation rooms, supplies a long-felt want. The Zoological Museum also, has been largely added to, and its sphere of usefulness has been proportionately increased. The Yard and the buildings in it have all been more or less improved, and the long-continued demand for plank walks has been at last partially granted. The Faculty, in its attitude towards undergraduates, has given renewed evidence of its often-expressed policy of liberality. More freedom is allowed to the students in voluntary attendance at recitations, and even the Freshman class is granted some latitude in the choice...