Word: space
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...forgotten under the shadow of the next event. Supposing that a great competition could be held every three or four years, and that the winner in any department could be the champion of the English speaking Race, and that all the contests could be held in a comparatively short space of time, would it not give them much greater prominence and inspire the people with a stronger desire to gain a prize for their country or their colony...
...Edison has applied for one seventh of all the available space in the Electrical Building for the Columbian Exposition...
...Prospect Progressive Union is carrying on very active work in Cambridgeport this winter. The space on the second floor occupied by the Union was found too small for its needs, and the penates have been moved to the fourth floor, the whole of which is now rented by the month. One room has been fitted up for lectures and meetings, and the other six will be used as reading, smoking and class rooms, one being set aside for college men. It is hoped that college men may be found ready to live in this room for a month...
...shell for this year's 'varsity crew. The lines of last year's boat will be reproduced but there will be several new features, the principal result or which will be to make the shell lighter. The first point where a new idea comes in is in the space between the gunwale and the "rising." This piece of wood, which is parallel with the gunwale, usually stops at the cockpit but in the new plan it is carried to the end of the boat. Then the gunwale is to be made five pounds lighter. A thin brace...
...appear the first week of next term will be more than usually valuable and comprehensive this year. There will be an article treating of University Extension; for Brown as a centre for this subject has had a considerable growth and success. The catalogue will give a good deal of space to the Graduate Department. The various courses in this department will be described and the requirements noted; the Graduate department at Brown has grown a good deal lately and should receive some attention in the catalogue. The frontispiece, which is always an engraving of the University's leading professors will...