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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...handling punts. Stillman did some strong punting, and outclassed Craighead, who punted for Yale, even against the wind. His line-bucking was strong and his run of seventy yards on a fake kick was the longest of the game. Hersey did some good individual rushing, but was of little use in the interference. His substitute, Kernan, did some remarkable punting in the last few minutes...
...Newell gate has been completed and will soon be formally opened. The lodge is built of Boston brick and stucco, and is two stories high. On the first floor there is a reception room for ladies, and a room for the use of coaches and managers, and on the second floor are the rooms for the use of the ground-keeper. The fence, which is nine feet in height, is of open iron-work and heavy pillars built of a stone composition, with brick trimmings. There are also new gates opposite the Carey building, and at the extreme...
Through the generosity of Harvard graduates in New York who subscribed $25,000, the new University boat house has been made possible and is now in process of construction. The Newell Boat Club and the University crews will use it. The location of the building is a short distance above the Boylston Street bridge on the Brighton side of the river. The foundations have been in for some time and the framework is now almost entirely in place. Unfortunately the work has been delayed by the slowness in securing material, and the building can not be completed by the first...
...first floor will have seven entrances from the land side and three from the water side. The middle entrances open directly into the main hall, 71 by 63 feet, which has not yet been assigned for any special use, but most of the oars and probably many of the boats will be placed in it. To the right of the main hall is a workshop, 71 by 21 feet; and beyond it, in the east end of the building, is a rowing tank, 51 by 28 feet. Boat racks will be placed on the walls of the rowing room...
...home of the Philadelphia Society, the religious organization of the university, has been begun and considerable progress has been made. The building is of Brown stone, designed in the English collegiate Gothic style of the fifteenth century and will cost $50,000. It will be ready for use...