Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...boat house is entirely covered in and the men are engaged in putting in the windows. The studding for the partitions are in place and the arrangement of the upper floor can now be plainly seen. A long hall with lockers around the four sides will occupy most of the floor, the space on each side of the stairway being used for bathrooms. The lower floor will be devoted to the storing of boats. Two large doors open from this floor out onto a large platform from which the floats are reached. Over this platform is a long balcony...
...forcing the upper class men to their best efforts in the class races, the freshmen can aid in stimulating an interest in boating which will encourage and naturally assist the 'varsity...
...very carefully underdrained and is composed of pin gravel covered to a depth of nine inches with cinders. The track is so arranged that the finish of the races will be opposite the grand stand which is also just back of the catcher's position in base ball. The upper end of the field has been cut down so that there is little grade, and everything has been done to give the men the best possible chance for athletic practice and contests...
...rivals have not been physically superior, the discrepancy has been made up by excellent management. He thinks that the "talk about college loyalty in athletics is nonsense," that what we need is more love for athletic sports, not more loyalty. He thinks that Harvard will soon gain the upper hand by better management and better training...
...library contains about 175,000 volumes, only 80,000 of which will, at present, be out into the new building. About 25,000 of the most popular of these will be placed on the first floor and the books which are less used will be arranged on the two upper floors. The old library will not be turned into a dining hall, as was rumored, since many of the books will be left in it for the present. The reading room, however, will probably become part of the new library...