Word: sizing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...year, in his turn, been "distributing books and extending courtesies" in the words of Mr. Sibley, one-time librarian. From this position he graduated to that which he held at his death, which is the more remarkable since the period saw the introduction of system and an increase in size of the Library that revolutionized the requirements of the post. Mr. Kiernan was able to do this because of his good sense in receiving new changes and because of his remarkable memory and natural aptitude. In 1892 the College confered upon him the honorary degree of A.M., in recognition...
During the academic year of 1913-14, the University has added to its material equipment by building operations of unprecedented size. The total cost of the new buildings and kindred improvements amounts to about $4,500,000. The sums going to make up the total may be tabulated as follows: Widener Library, $2,000,000 Freshman Dormitories, $1,500,000 Medical School Power Plant, $250,000 Stadium Bridge, $200,000 Germanic Museum, $200,000 Tunnel, $125,000 Museum Extension, $100,000 Engineering Laboratory, $100,000 -- Total...
...rooms, the installation of the kitchen equipment, the completion of the tunnel piping, and a few odds and ends. The buildings are of brick, with stone trimmings, in the colonial style, and are five stories high. Each dormitory has a large common room and a dining hall of sufficient size to accommodate all the occupants of the building...
...second floor will be a social hall. It will be decorated in the Colonial manner. Its very size will give it dignity and with windows to the east and south it will have sunlight throughout the greater part of the day. Back of it will be a large lounging lobby with the cafe at one end and a short stair at the other leading to the grill room proper on the mezzanine floor above...
...danger. A few days after sailing the first of the icebergs was met. These icebergs are over a year old, coming down from Greenland a year ago, and, although growing smaller in the warmer water, many of them will be carried back to the north and will regain their size. The "Seneca" also encountered miles of "slop" ice-fields, the largest being nine miles square...