Word: spot
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...history of the action constantly taking place between sea and land. A little thought will show that natural or geological causes have a great influence on the action of man himself. Why, for example, did the Pilgrims place their settlement and their college in so flat and uninteresting a spot as Cambridge? Simply because elsewhere the land was so covered with glacial stones that the farmers had to build walls to get rid of them. In a similar manner, the geological formation of Massachusetts Bay made possible the fisheries which made our forefathers a sea-faring race...
...Lawrence were aggressive on the offense and easily broke through the Columbia line when punts were tried. Their defense was a little weak. The three centre men, Barnard, Sargent and Lee, did the best work they have done this season, and were by no means the weak spot of the team as they have been heretofore. None of the men were injured except Sawin, who again hurt his broken nose...
...contrast of the easiest means of distinguishing between the common varieties of plants and shrubs. An hour and a half to two hours will be devoted to each meeting and in addition once or twice a half day will be spent outside of the Arboretum at some favorable spot for the study of trees. The fee for the course, which is open to both men and women...
...consideration should also be paid to the fact that there is a garden spot around the Warren House, which is not to be found or easily created about the localities on Harvard square. Those who have visited the Oxford Union will not easily forget the attraction added to the club-house by this combination, even on a small scale. T. W. HIGGINSON...
...money, could obtain as much income as it does now from the cheap rooms of College House, or from the Co operative in Dane. Aside from all this, a respectable looking club building would go far towards tempering W. D. Howell's remark that "Harvard square is the ugliest spot on earth, outside of New York City...