Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...proverb of the crusts of bread, entrusted to the tender care of the merciless waves, which returned after many days in the shape of countless biscuits and rolls. has once more been exemplified; and this time somewhat nearer home than the scene of the original occurrence. A little less than a year ago the predecessor of the DAILY CRIMSON in the province of daily journalism at Harvard, gave vent to its long pent-up feelings on the subject of the strange language in which the Quinquennial catalogue has been printed since the dark ages. This language was reported on good...
...through the fine King's Gateway, near which stands the statue of Henry VIII. Within is a large court or "quad," called Neville's Fountain, bounded by the lodge of the master and his assistants. This lodge is filled with works of art and possesses a treasure in the shape of its Gothic Hall. Sir Christopher Wren designed the library of Trinity, and it is a fine specimen of his peculiar style of architecture. Trinity College library possesses the invaluable mathematical MSS. of Sir Isaac Newton, also the Mss. of the poet, John Milton, among its 100,000 volumes...
...with a real Harvard student, and Yale and Princeton are ahead. West Point, though, is away up in front. No civilian, no matter how darling his mustache and wavy its silken ends, can compare with the roughly shaved cadet; the bell button, with its imaginative tinkling and figurative heart shape, outweighs...
...rowing machine has been placed in the gymnasium at Cornell. There are no springs, weights or cylinders used in the construction of the machine. The principle is simply that of friction. An iron rod bent in the shape of an are of a circle is attached to the end of the lever, and fits into grooves in a couple of blocks at the end of the arm. When the oar is turned as when pulling against the water the rod is pressed against the sides of the blocks giving friction enough to make the stroke about as hard as when...
...However, we have to tear ourselves away at last from the great Tufts, and are soon descending the hill. As we return, if we keep our eves open, we will see what we were sure to miss before, the old white powder-house, built of brick, and having the shape of a large loaded cartridge, standing of course on its flat end. This is an interesting piece of antiquity. It was originally used by a miller, I believe; but when the revolution broke out, stores of powder were put there and were doubtless plundered by the British on their...