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...Brooks House with 195 pictures, and will continue open today and tomorrow. The first and second prizes for a whole exhibit, a gold and a silver medal, have been awarded to F. R. Frapie 1G. and F. Bonnett, Jr., 3G., respectively. Honorable mention is granted to the following photographs: "Sand Dunes," H. W. Eliot '02; "Beside the Saco," G. L. Getchell 3G.; "Sunset on the Atlantic," T. M. Fisher '05; "At Long Range," M. D. Miller 1M.; "Lake Sunapee in Winter," H. S. Welsh '04; "Mont Orgueil," G. O. Carpenter '02; "In Holland," H. P. Williams '02; "A Pyramid...
...ballet, which was given in the entre-acts, opens with a scene showing the coast guard walking his beat. As soon as he has gone by, appear the five Nereides in a dance. They are followed by Amphitrite who, issuing from the sea, throws on the sand an oyster, during a graceful dance. The first part ends with the five Nereides and Amphitrite dancing. In the second part appear the Travelers, who wander along the shore and discover the oyster. The sea nymphs and Amphitrite watch them from the background. The Travelers quarrel over the oyster and are surprised...
...through it. The most characteristic features of the views are the very numerous glacial ponds, the narrow, open valleys, the small rock-broken hills and the broad level salt marshes. Beautiful views are to be obtained along the coast at all seasons of the year. No better illustration of sand beach with its rollers can be found than Revere Beach, easily accessible by the narrow gauge railway from Boston. Here in winter, after storms the scenes are very impressive, the snow being banked up by the waves sometimes to the height of fifteen feet...
Coming to the immediate environment of Cambridge we find natural features in the geologic formations that have influenced seriously the lives of men in this region since the earliest settlements. The deposits of boulders so common about here drove the pioneers to their towns on barren sand plains instead of on the fertile but stubborn hills and valleys. The slow, persevering labor necessary to reclaim the present farm land from boulders and forests has had an almost inestimable effect on the characters of the New Englanders...
...stove, which is very old, is made of terra cotta glazed with gum, and is probably the only one of its kind in this country. When in use, it was set on a bed of sand, on the deck of a canoe, and then heated for cooking purposes. The exact method employed has not yet been determined, for the stove was broken in transportation, and the pieces have not yet been fitted together...