Word: reared
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...stage will be a Roman house containing each a door. The back of the stage will be of a neutral shade, though the walls of the houses will extend some distance toward the centre of the background. A draw curtain will be employed. A raised platform in the rear centre will be used as the rostrum, whence Antonius will address the citizens. Caesar's throne will be on the spectators' left, while the senators will be placed upon the right A broad flight of steps will lead up from the orchestra, and there will be steps upon each side...
...that is the number that passed through the gates of the Yale Athletic Grounds last Saturday. The spacious new grandstand was densely packed with specta tors, Yale students for the most part, while crowds took up their position along the ropes stretching toward first and third bases: In the rear of the spectators some two score of drags, barouches, and dog-carts took their positions, laden with the lady supporters of the Blue and their escorts. Soon after three o'clock the cry of "Harvard this way !" lustily shouted by half a hundred wearers of the Crimson, summoned the Harvard...
...crews were at this time pulling at the following rate: '85, forty-four strokes a minute; '86, thirty-eight; '87, thirty-eight; '88, forty. The seniors now began to draw ahead, while the juniors slowly but surely fell to the rear. The sophomores were rowing well within themselves, and the freshmen, though necessarily steering wildly, were gradually slipping ahead of the juniors...
...point a little beyond the Crescent Boat Club's float, the seniors were nearly a length to the good, the sophomores next, the freshmen some three lengths to the rear, and the juniors behind still further. The stroke at this time was '85, 42; '87, 42; '88, 40; '86, 42. This order was not greatly altered at the sluice-way. When the leading crews reached Exeter Street, the sophomores had drawn up on the seniors, and from this point on, they gradually increased their lead. From Exeter Street to the finish, the race between '85 and '87 was a magnificent...
...Hilton last year, and access to the three upper floors will be had through the entrance to West Hilton. The first floor of the building will be occupied by the store of Leavitt and Peirce, whose former store will be taken by Mr. Noera. In the rear of their new store Messrs. Leavitt and Peirce will have a large billiard room, 26 by 82 feet, furnished with seven carved oak billiard tables of the Brunswick and Balke pattern. The billiard room will be fitted with every modern appliance, including cushioned seats, and will be finished in cherry, with a maple...