Word: usefully
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...discovery by the Corporation that, by a clause in the will of the donor, Appleton Chapel can only be used for religious services and public exercises is a most unfortunate one, as it necessitates finding some other place for the instruction in elocution which is now given there by Mr. Riddle. We understand that he is now reduced to the alternative of giving his lessons either in the old Gymnasium or in Upper Massachusetts. Considering the fact that neither of these rooms can be heated, and that they are poorly adapted for this use even if they could be, this...
...following extract from the rules of the Westchester Hare-and-hound Club may be of use to those intending to join in the run to-morrow...
NOTWITHSTANDING reports to the contrary, work in the Gymnasium is progressing. The netting in the Nine's practice-room has been put in place, and the base-ball men practise there every day. The bowling-alleys would have been opened for use after the Thanksgiving recess, but the men charged with their preparation did not do their work well, and portions of it must be altered before the alleys can be used. The straight smooth alleys and the handsome scoring-slates offer an agreeable contrast to the irregular uneven alleys and unsightly blackboards of the old Gymnasium...
...vastly superior. Wooden pulleys on steel shafts have been substituted for the old iron pulleys, and the cowhide has been replaced by Manila rope. The weights are placed in a stout wooden box, which is guided in its rise and fall by steel rods. When not in use this box rests on a rubber pad preventing the disagreeable jerk and jar which invariably ensued when the weight was allowed to descend a little too far. The weights can be put in or removed from this box at the pleasure of the one using it. This renders it possible...
...member of the University will be allowed to use these machines except during the practice time of a crew. Dr. Sargent is also endeavoring to adapt a new rowing-machine, and if he is successful, a number of them will be added to those intended for the use of the crews...