Word: shapely
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...means of giving these prizes is supplied from the income of a farm given by Bishop Berkeley to the college in 1733, which has been leased for a long period of years. The examination set is always some connected passage of Latin prose. Last year it took the shape of a letter from one college friend to another. The number of prizes is not fixed, depending on the quality of the work offered, but generally six first and six second prizes are awarded. The awards are always books, but the recipient is allowed to select for himself. These prizes...
...these, there are few really good players and it is hard to see how more than a mediocre nine can be formed. Captain Bates, however, is rapidly getting the men in shape and may possibly get a winning team from the material at hand. He deserves credit for conscientious work, for, while overlooking and directing the work of the freshmen, he has been in constant practice with the 'Varsity. The nine has been unfortunate in losing the services of Wood and Morrill, two very strong men who have left college. Therefore, only by the hardest work on the part...
...farewell address on Tuesday, and Dr. Patton will be inaugurated the next day. All the prominent college presidents and professors will be invited to these exercises. After retiring, Dr. McCosh will go abroad for the summer. The elass of '79 will erect their memorial to him, in the shape of a bronze life size statue by St. Gaudens, in front of Marquand Chapel...
...best condition, being damp and soggy, but this did not interfere materially with the work of the men. The out-fielders, Linn and Codman, showed up very well. On the whole it looks as though the nine would not find it difficult to get into shape after a very little practice. Phillips, captain of the eighty-six nine, was present, and watched the work of the candidates with interest. The men were out about an hour and three quarters. Bates, '91, pitched to one net for a half hour, at the end of which he gave way to Luce...
...brown stone, will cost $75,000, and is very well arranged internally. The first floor contains a lecture room seating 200 and a large laboratory. Directly below this laboratory in the basement and above on the second floor are two other laboratories corresponding to the first in size and shape. The second floor will also contain smaller lecture rooms and rooms belonging to Prof. Gooch and assistants. Ventilating shafts connect the various rooms with the roof and all vapors will find an easy exit. The building will be heated by steam from the college heating apparatus, but the steam pipes...