Word: sided
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...library. Mr. Justin Winsor, the librarian at Harvard, has helped the builders in meeting these requirements by many valuable suggestions which he has had cause to notice from the structure of our own library. Of course, the new library building is entirely fire-proof, and on one side there is a large green-house sort of extension which will contain alone 512,064 volumes. The capacity of the entire library will be about 750,000 volumes. The interior of the building is so subdivided that there will be a special room for three classes of readers-first a "conversation room...
...also adopted the English style of rigging, for their slides were noticeably shorter than those of the Yale crew. Until June 1 the crew used English oars, which have much smaller blades than the American style, and the men in the waist of the boat were seated on the side, as in the English university crews, instead of directly over the keel. Both these experiments were abandoned nearly a month before the race, but they must have materially retarded the progress of the crew. Such experiments are necessary, and often prove beneficial to a crew, but to continue them, when...
President Barnard of Columbia College has seen fit in his last annual report to state his views on a subject which is now exciting much interest throughout the college world, namely, college athletics. President Barnard recognizes the fact that much can be said on each side of the question, but his conclusion is based on arguments not altogether satisfactory. The substance of that part of the report dealing with the athletic question is as follows...
...windows add greatly to the beauty of the structure and cause it look like a block of houses. The effect of the whole from an artistic point of view is very picturesque, and is much more in harmony with the green lawns which surround the buildings on every side than the cold red of our other buildings...
...door. The same tickets will be good for admission to the Gymnasium after 6 p. m., and there will be no admission without tickets. There will be dancing in the Gymnasium from 8-11. The entrance will be at the main entrance of the building, the exit at the side door facing the Common...