Word: set
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...communication in yesterday's CRIMSON, designating the Yard room assignment as a failure, was such an expression of unfriendly criticism without any foundation in truth or reason, that I deem it advisable to set forth a few facts in the case and let men judge for themselves the degree of success of the early room drawing...
...various places where the guillotine was erected were then described. The scaffold was first set up in the Place de Greve, whence it was transported to the Place de la Revolution, then to the Place du Carrousel, and again back to the Place de la Revolution. Later, in deference to the objections raised by the business men on the streets leading to the spot, it was moved to the east end of the city...
...clock, in the Fogg Lecture Room. The subject will be "The Peregrinations of the Guillotine." The lecturer will speak of the origin of the guillotine, the various sites upon which it was erected, the method of execution, and the sites of the various burial grounds which were set apart for the victims...
...last lecture of the series will be given next Wednesday, and will treat of the Guillotine and the various places in Paris where it was set up during the Reign of Terror...
...final lecture of the series, on "The Guillotine," will describe the origin of the guillotine, the various sites upon which it was erected, the method of execution, and the sites of the various burial grounds which were set apart for the condemned...