Word: roofs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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HARVARD TWENTY YEARS HENCE.Scene : roof of the Chapel. Time : midnight, June 20, 1898. (The spirit of the present and the spirit of the future sit conversing in the moonlight...
...Gymnasium we find that the new structure is to be of brick with sandstone trimmings. It is intended to give the design the character of colonial architecture, so that it may harmonize with the old College buildings. The main hall will be finished up to the roof. The height will be 52 feet, the length 112, and the width from 63 to 80 feet. Special quarters are to be provided for the Crew and Nine, and nine bowling alleys will be placed in the basement. The estimated cost...
...raid was made the other night on the signboard of the C-o-l-u-m-b-i-a Hotel, and the obnoxious letters painted out. It was, however, semi-successfully cleaned with spirits of turpentine, and now maintains an elevated position and blurred appearance on the roof of the building...
...thus give a man at least a chance to avoid being knocked down before he enters the recitation-room. Another danger which awaits the unfortunate who must enter University descends from above. We refer to the masses of ice and snow which, in ordinary winters, drop from the roof on to the steps, - masses heavy enough to crush the skulls of the whole Freshman class. If the College will place an additional railing on the edge of the roof over the doors, a danger which threatens many valuable lives may easily be removed...
...roof above me, heard...