Word: roofs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...light to the main exercise hall and to the cage. This is regarded as one of the distinctive features of the lighting arrangements, for while other gymnasiums are lighted by the side windows only, the new gymnasium will have both the side light and the light from the roof...
...order to get the best possible light, Prof. Richards of Yale, proposes that the cage of the new gymnasium there be placed on the roof...
...writer remembers, one evening several years ago, before he entered Harvard, riding from Boston to Cambridge in company with a couple of Harvard students. One of these students who was highly exhilarated periodically, solaced himself by grasping the supporting straps and swinging his feet up against the roof of the car. This simple amusement pleased us all, but one old lady remarked that she guessed that no young man in such a state could be very moral. Whether any exact definition of morality could be found in Harvard undergraduate ethics is a matter of grave doubt. Some think that morality...
...mouth, in variously estimated amounts of from seven to seventy ounces. This liquid is thoroughly mixed with the food by the process of mastication. The secretion of saliva is increased by tobacco, diminished by alcohol, and by violent excise and fear. The saying, "his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth from fear," is a physiological fact...
...class of '86 at Columbia are raising $100,000 to build a new gymnasium as a memorial to the class. It is proposed to build a gymnasium 75x100 feet in size, two stories high, of brick with stone trimmings, and a gable roof supported by arches. On the first floor it is proposed to have the bath, dressing, rowing and trophy rooms, and on the second floor the gymnasium proper, with a gallery for an exercise track...