Word: stones
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Thoughtful Boston young lady, intensely interested in ancient history, to Harvard junior: "Ah, Mr. H -, when you think of the old Egyptians do you not feel impressed with the sense of our indebtedness to the great Rosetta Stone?" Harvard junior, slightly discomposed, but coming gallantly forward: "Yes, yes indeed; but then her reign only gives us a further proof of woman's influence, you know." Enthusiastic young lady descends to a lower level. - Boston Journal...
...class of '86 at Columbia are raising $100,000 to build a new gymnasium as a memorial to the class. It is proposed to build a gymnasium 75x100 feet in size, two stories high, of brick with stone trimmings, and a gable roof supported by arches. On the first floor it is proposed to have the bath, dressing, rowing and trophy rooms, and on the second floor the gymnasium proper, with a gallery for an exercise track...
Lost Nov. 8, a cuff button stone set in gold. Please leave with janitor of Appleton Chapel...
...glad to see such a determined feeling everywhere, that no stone shall be left unturned whose upheaval can aid the chances of our 'Varsity crew next June on the Thames. We have resolved to beat Harvard a four-mile race, and we are going to keep on until we do. - Columbia Spectator...
...Prof. Rogers and his assistants. As our local experiments in explosiology are supposed to have brought into prominence this branch of science, a description of the apparatus used by Prof. Rogers, seems of interest. A cup of Mercury is placed either directly upon the earth or upon a stone shaft which rests on bed rock. Upon the surface of the Mercury is thrown the image of illuminated pin holes in a metal card; or, in some instruments, any other image is used such as the reflection of micrometer lines in a star. Any change in the surface of the mercury...