Word: space
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dancing in Memorial Hall after the concert. But even with good music, the dancing will be as much of a failure to-morrow night as before, unless some action is taken to keep the floor clear from the curious crowd of lookers-on, who monopolize every inch of space and render dancing impossible from the start...
...funds necessary for it having been mainly obtained by a lottery sanctioned by the legislature. The building, as it stands now, has undergone but few changes since its erection. Originally there were staircases from each door, but those toward the common have long ago disappeared to make space for bed-rooms, and the little closets called "studies" have been torn down to make the rooms larger...
...complaints about the music can be answered. Second, the crowd must be kept back so that the dancers may have more room. As it is now the spectators keep eagerly pushing to the front until they work their way nearly half way down the hall, leaving a large empty space behind them. If a double or triple line of benches or chairs fastened firmly together were placed at a convenient distance from the door, the crowd would be stayed. These seats, which would be quickly filled, would make a barrier not easily to be pushed forward. There should...
Brown university has recently bought several estates adjoining the present college grounds, in order to secure sufficient space for the new physical laboratory now being erected. Thirty thousand dollars has been subscribed by the alumni to support the gymnasium, which will be constructed immediately from the Lyman fund...
...crews and nines that have not been published in any former Index, and it has a very fair picture of the Mott Haven team which won the cup for Harvard last May. The book of this year has twenty-five pages more than that of last year, this additional space being filled with the records mentioned above, the names of new clubs (principally "State clubs" formed in the past year), and sundry other information. The book, of course, has the usual information published-the names and addresses and homes of every one connected with the University; complete memberships...