Word: thawing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...never been over-fastidious about the shine of their shoes, but a most cogent reason now exists why even the punctilious no longer have clean and softly refulgent surfaces on their brogues. In their thrice-weekly pilgrimages to the venerable rooms of Harvard Hall, undergraduates are, in time of thaw, confronted with a problem which would try the complacence of the most nonchalant. For some unknown reason no boards have been placed over the much used thirty foot path leading from Harvard Hall to the drive...
...bottom without amusing the smokers lounging about the pillars by an elaborate balancing act in attempting to maintain his equilibrium. At the end of this period, the going becomes increasingly difficult, so much so that only the most intrepid can traverse the smoothly beveled ice. Finally the thaw comes; the uninitiated again splash joyously over their acoustomed route, hoping that before their Harvard days are over they shall have mastered the art of climbing "on the diagonal...
...sides with cheap lumber. Dump a layer of coarse gravel on the bottom. Over the hole build a shack with a double plank floor insulated with building paper. When freezing weather arrives pour two to four gallons of water into the pit each day. By the time of spring thaw there will be a block of ice eight feet square by more than six feet thick, on which perishables may be preserved. The ice will not all melt before the autumn freezes come...