Word: proof
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...comfort of all who use the library. Mr. Justin Winsor, the librarian at Harvard, has helped the builders in meeting these requirements by many valuable suggestions which he has had cause to notice from the structure of our own library. Of course, the new library building is entirely fire-proof, and on one side there is a large green-house sort of extension which will contain alone 512,064 volumes. The capacity of the entire library will be about 750,000 volumes. The interior of the building is so subdivided that there will be a special room for three classes...
...these college figures there is proof that the lines are drawn differently on partisan and economic issues, and that, as regards the tariff, the leaven of reform is doing good work. Thus, at Columbia, we find fifteen Republicans and fifteen protectionists. That this parity of numbers is merely a coincidence, however, appears from the fact that, although there were only eight Democrats represented in the vote referred to, there were twenty-one free traders, or six more than the total of Republicans. At Yale the protectionists fall 20 per cent below the Republicans, and the freetraders outnumber the Democrats...
...capacity of 300,000 volumes. It will be almost square, about 100 feet on a side, and 80 feet high. The walls will be of brown stone in two shades, and the floors will be iron, finished with rock asphalt and tile. This will make the building entirely fire-proof, even to the doors, most of which will be iron. The furniture will be of oak, upholstered with leather, and will be simple but substantial...
...they could not "give the first prize" to the essay. Moreover, we are authorized by Professor Torrey to deny the charge of the newspapers, that he said that "neither the brains nor the bodies of women were quite equal to severe studies." The whole matter is only another proof of what President Eliot said a short time ago, concerning the eagerness of the press to injure Harvard, even by the distortion and misrepresentation of facts...
...color, while for the facings and friezes a lighter shade will be used. Polished wood will be used for the interior finish and decoration. In the construction, the latest innovations will be introduced, and every precaution will be taken to guard against dampness and to have the library fire-proof. The architecture of the structure will be a mixture of the Gothic and Romanesque styles. The total cost of the building is reckoned at 125,000 dollars...