Word: shapely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which is offered by six Harvard men is of solid silver and very heavy. It is between eight and nine inches high and about the same in diameter. The body of the cup resembles in shape half a Rugby foot-ball. About the top of the cup is a band of olive leaves in raised silver, and below this is another band on which is placed the name of the cup. Upon the wide space below, which runs round the body of the cup, are morning glories and leaves raised in silver, the leaves being left blank for the inscriptions...
...Bardwell, an English mathematician, claims to have squared the circle after fifteen year's work. His solution is eight figures, which, in concrete shape, form a perfect cyclometer...
...radical change in athletic policy. The outlook seems particularly hopeless from a general belief that recent failures are not due to a temporary lack of material, but a wrong method on the part of the students in bringing together and selecting the material, and in putting it into proper shape. The students are rightly excusing themselves in the restrictions put upon them by the faculty's regulations; causing, as they believe, an entirely wrong tone in athletic affairs. It is time to redouble the protests that have come in rapid succession ever since the day in 1882 when the faculty...
...five men from each club are to count. The first man at the finish is to count ten points the second, nine points, and so on. The club getting the most points, thus computed, will win the race. There will be a trophy for the winning club in the shape of a banner worth fifteen dollars, which is to be provided by the clubs jointly. It is believed that this race will stimulate the interest in bicycling and thus increase Harvard's chances of winning again at Mott Haven...
...foundation of the new recitation building of which so much was heard last spring. This building, which will be known as Memorial Hall, is to be a magnificent structure of granite with brown stone trimmings. It will be adorned with three high towers, the corner will be of circular shape, and the building will contain thrity-two rooms. It is expected that it will be completed in the fall of 1889. We are more reconciled to it now, as the fence may be replaced and made the meeting place, as formerly. The Chittenden Library, too, is rapidly approaching completion...