Word: towers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...white tower of the Catholic church on North Avenue is inclined to an angle of ten degrees, and is rapidly becoming dangerous...
...this time of the year, no part of the college grounds is so beautiful as Holmes Field, especially when a game is going on. In the foreground, the noble Law School building, further in perspective, the graceful gymnasium, the feathery foliage of the willows, and the tower of Memorial in the distance, all go to form a charming picture. Everything-save one-is beautiful and satisfactory to the eye; the turf is faultlessly smooth and green, the track carefully rolled; the brilliant costumes of the players are in striking contrast to the emerald lawn on which they stand; the benches...
CANOE CLUB. It is important that all who wish to join the Canoe Club this spring should do so at once. The Spring Regatta will be held on the Tower Basin of the Charles in about two weeks. Probably no other meeting of the club will be held before the regatta, and all new men who wish to become active members and take part in the races, or to become associate members and enjoy the privileges of the club at the regatta, should send their names to Theodore Dunham, Holyoke 35, at once, that they may be voted upon...
...sing part of Handel's "Messiah." Soon after ten o'clock, a short interval is allowed for supper, during which the little candles on the vast Christmas tree are lighted; and then, the gas being turned down, the choir commence singing Christmas carols, until the great bell in the tower booms out the hour of twelve, when Pergolesi's "Gloria in Excelsis" is sung, and the Vice-President bids you a Merry Christmas. The whole scene is striking and unique, and well worthy of its academic surroundings. Queen's College, even more than Magdalen, confers benefit on the public...
...electrical paper reports a new device for aiding base ball umpires in their arduous duties, An underground wire forms a circuit with all the bases. When the base runner touches the plate, an electric bell rings in a small tower near the umpire's position. It is to be hoped that this device will be fully tested this season, and, if found useful, adopted all over the country. It will be a grand thing if, in course of time, an umpire can have all his duties performed by electricity; and if the inventor of this noble plan could only find...