Word: roof
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...continually, suddenly died down, and black flies, the terrible scourge of the country, settled on them. The reindeer which they had brought as pack animals, they left in a snow drift, while they themselves retreated to a little log cabin which had no opening except a hole in the roof, and a few cracks in the door. Here they remained for three days, at the end of which a little wind sprang up and they ventured out. They found the reindeer in the snow almost exhausted, with great patches where the black flies had literally eaten the hair off down...
...students of the University and their friends between 3 and 5 o'clock on the afternoons of this week. Professor J. B. Woodworth '94 or a representative will be present to explain the seismograph and to show the records obtained of distant earthquakes. The Students' Meteorological Observatory, on the roof of the Geological Museum, is also open for inspection at the same hours as the Seismographic Station. Professor R. DeC. Ward '89 or Mr. W. G. Reed, Jr., '06 will be present to explain the use of the instruments...
Considerable progress was made in the construction of the Boston Arena during the Christmas recess. It is now thought that the skating rink will be flooded in time for the intercollegiate game between Dartmouth and Columbia on January 20. Five of the steel roof trusses have been swung into place and the brick walls on the south and east sides have been completed. The foundations for the ice plant have been laid and the columns of the lobby set up. Work on the lobby and the dressing rooms, however, will to be rushed until the rink and the enclosure...