Word: wide
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...faculty of the school is composed of twelve teachers. French and German lectures will be given, and French, German, Italian and Spanish tables will be formed. Dr. Sauveur is one of the most competent and successful teachers of languages in this country, and his summer school has gained a wide and deserved popularity...
...week ago last Saturday the new gymnasium given by Mr. C. M. Pratt, '78, of Brooklyn, N. Y. was formally opened. The building is 120 feet long, 80 feet wide, covering more than double the space occupied by the old Barrett gymnasium. The main hall consists of a large room 90x57, which will be devoted to class exercises and general drills. Adjoining this room is a smaller, 27x12, which is filled with special apparatus, such as rowing machines, health-lifts, etc. Around the main hall, supported on iron columns, runs the track, twenty-five laps of which make a mile...
...give technical training to this extent, nor would it be wise that it should. Those who advocate this training as a necessary part of a college education have a mistaken idea of the true position of a university in the intellectual development of the country. There is a wide distinction between a mechanical education and a university training. Abundant opportunities are given for the former at places of instruction like the Institute of Technology with its School of Mechanic Arts. There better facilities are offered for a technical education than could ever be found at a college or university...
...enlarging the present curriculum, which have been approved by a committee of the corporation and are intended to take effect in the fall. One fourth of the work in the last two years of the bachelor of arts course is made elective, and the elections are given a wide range. Two courses of study, one of three and one of four years, are provided for the degree of bachelor of science including advanced mathematics, science, laboratory work, etc. A fourth course, in letters, is meant for non-technical students who do not study Greek...
...about two miles from the square, on the road to Watertown. Yesterday being Decoration Day, a large crowd of both sexes collected along the edge of the grounds to watch the play The grounds consist of a well cut level field about 150 yards long and 75 yards wide. On the right hand side, as you enter, about half way towards the farther goal, there is a small house devoted to dressing-rooms. Very few trees surround the grounds, and in consequence the light is good. The costumes of the players are picturesesque, each one wearing a crimson jersey with...