Word: small
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Work on the Charles River dam, which was begun March 1, 1905, has been continued without interruption during the summer. All the concrete work is practically finished, and the sluices and small boat lock on the Cambridge side will be completed before the cold weather. The Boston marginal conduit, through which all overflow from the sewers on stormy days will be carried down to tide-water instead of into the basin, is as near completion as the rest of the work will permit. In the Broad and Lechmere canals and in the basin, about ninety per cent. of the piles...
...members of the University, and it is planned to add to the number by semi-annual collections until a complete working library has been formed. The library is now open, and the books will be loaned to members of the University on application and on payment of a small deposit, which is refunded on the return of the books at the end of the course, or half-course, in which they are used...
...marked out with a 25-foot square in each corner and a 50-foot square in the centre, the remaining space in front of the goals being occupied by two goal-keepers and two opponents. In the centre square are eight men, four of each team, and in each small square, two men on opposing sides. The men are not allowed to leave their assigned territory...
...Carter, T. W. Ellis, F. P. Ferguson, J. S. Gittings, Jr., A. K. Henderson, R. C. Henderson, H. P. Hoffstot, F. C. Jones, Jr., H. R. Large, F. B. McLeary, H. C. Long, E. G. Mears, G. Murphy, 2nd, R. H. Patch, C. F. Raymond, E. Reynolds, T. L. Small, R. H. Smith, F. L. Steele, Jr., R. S. Stevens, J. L. Stoddard, J. Taussig, Jr., T. K. Ware, A. L. Washburn, P. Wyman...
...lecturer next described the training and daily routine of a life-saver. The men must pass civil service examinations and severe annual physical tests. The pay is small and the work proportionally hard, for two men are always on patrol duty at night and on foggy days, and no matter what the weather is, they must remain out four hours at a time. Frequent drills are held with the self-righting and self-bailing boats and with the breeches-buoy...