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Word: slate (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...losses. Princeton was second with five wins, one draw and six losses. Harvard third with four wins, two draws, and six losses, and Yale last with two wins, three draws and seven losses. Mandell and Kargus of Columbia were the stars of the tournament, each having a clean slate of three wins. A. S. Ellenberger uC. and Carter of Princeton each won twice and drew once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHESS TITLE GOES TO COLUMBIA | 1/4/1915 | See Source »

...ready for occupancy by the entering class of 1918, the first class to enjoy this new feature of Harvard democracy. These buildings, of colonial style, combine the atmosphere of Hollis, Stoughton, and Holworthy, with modern, comfortable, and inspiring surroundings. All the dormitories are of Harvard brick with limestone traceries, slate roofs, and are fireproof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSING THE FRESHMAN CLASS | 9/26/1914 | See Source »

...consists of three divisions, the print room, the photograph room, and the gallery of paintings. The raising of the roof will greatly enhance the facility of carrying on all departments, but the greatest gain is that of light for the main gallery and the stair corridor. A new sloping, slate roof has been built over the north exhibition room and the sky-lights have been considerably raised. The photograph rooms will have the advantage of added space on the side wings, and exhibition cases will be installed in the new quarters as soon as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REMODELLING OF FOGG MUSEUM | 12/8/1913 | See Source »

...team goes to Worcester with a clean slate, while the Academy team has been scored on by Andover and defeated by Dartmouth 1916. The Worcester eleven has, however, a heavy line and a brilliant backfield with a versatile attack. Their forward passing, responsible for the Andover tie score, is particularly to be guarded against...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN PLAY WORCESTER | 11/9/1912 | See Source »

...arrived the entire wing was blazing. The occupants of the rooms made their escape with little difficulty, but with no time to save anything. Within less than two hours the third and fourth floors were entirely gutted. The walls separating the rooms were burned away, and in places the slate roof had fallen in. The rooms on the first and second floors were only slightly injured by the fire, which skipped from the room in which it started to the third floor. The contents of these rooms, however, were almost totally destroyed by water. The firemen were greatly hampered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SERIOUS FIRE IN RANDOLPH | 3/17/1911 | See Source »

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