Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Each member of last year's Yale eleven may choose between a gold watch charm in the shape of a football and a cameo ring with a raised football of red stone set in it, as a championship trophy...
...glass of the two telescopes is of the finest French make. The mirror is four inches thick, for any plate would probably change its shape from expansion or flexure. The telescopic tube is jointed so as to be air-tight throughout and at the eye-piece. Its material is steel plate one thirty-second inch thick. The temperature of the room does not effect its interior and no fogging of the object glass has occurred during cold nights...
...different athletic organizations of the university will more than meet this expense, and any amounts in excess of sum required for yearly maintenance will be applied on the purchase of the ground. On account of the unfortunate result of the football season, the FootBall Association is not in shape to lend any assistance toward defraying the expense of fitting up the field. The BaseBall Association is in fairly good shape, but Captain Willard is authority for the statement that a part of the necessary amount for putting the field in condition will have to be raised by subscription...
...roof of the new Memorial Library at Yale has been completed, and work is now advancing rapidly on the interior. The decorations will be extremely handsome, especially in the great reading room. The ceiling which rises in the shape of a dome will be beautifully ornamented. A tablet in memory of the founder will be inserted over the immense open fire-place. There will be a memorial window of stained glass. The Memorial Library will be connected with the present library and when the whole system is completed each section will be devoted to a special department of literature...
Owing to the shape and construction of the head, ink cannot reach the fingers...