Word: quartered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...library be aired at half-past twelve every day. That the library needs airing is unquestioned, but is 12.30 the best time for its daily airing? The large number of the students do not go to lunch till nearly one, and it appears to me that from one till quarter after there would be fewer students exposed to the draughts...
...average for schools is one and one-quarter per week, and for college buildings 1.67 per month. As to precautions against fire, iron doors are considered very safe, but are in reality very dangerous, as a hot fire will cause them to curl within five minutes, leaving an open space at the top and bottom for the fire to enter. The best doors are made of strong planks covered with tin, and will withstand a fire for hours...
...senior writes in the Williams Argo: "Coasting and skating are very popular amusements and would be more generally pursued if gymnastics were not compulsory or took less time. Mr. Blaikie roused much enthusiasm for running last year, but it has gradually died out, and the nightly run of a quarter of a mile, required from the evening gymnastic classes, satisfies most of us. Class and club sleigh-rides, candy-pulls and 'spreads' make up the sum of our more informal winter festivities. Hallowe'en is celebrated as a time-honored custom. No amount of opposition has ever been able...
...events are to be as follows: For college men only - 75-yard run, 225-yard hurdle race, half-mile run, two-mile bicycle race; tug-of-war, 600 pounds limit, two substitutes allowed. Open to all amateurs-75-yard run. handicap; 200-yard run, handicap; quarter-mile run, handicap, 30 yards limit; half-mile and mile runs, both handicap; one mile run for men who have never won a first prize at that distance; 600-yard run, L. E. Myers barred; quarter-mile hurdle race; one and two-mile walks, both handicaps; two-mile bicycle race and running high jump...
...home athletics given by the athletic committee and by the president in his annual report." The athletic committee recognizing that the erection of the new Physical Laboratory on Holmes field would seriously injure our athletics, have, as is well known, had plans drawn up for the laying of a quarter mile track at the north end of Holmes field. Within this track there would be ample room for base-ball and foot-ball. If this plan is carried out, the ground available for athletics will be increased, even though a large part of Holmes field is taken...