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...Xerxes. Under these houses were then found the remarkable ruins of a stately city surrounded by strong walls of defense and protected by towers and gates. Within the walls were many single stately buildings. The walls were built of massive blocks of stone and were fifteen feet in width. These walls, and in particular a great tower fifty feet in width, are very impressive even in their ruins. Professor Dorpfeld declared that he knew no where else in Greece walls of any ancient city that were so solid and so strong. There is a great probability that this citadel, found...
...Trimmings - The anterior edge of the hood shall be bound with silk, satin or velvet, not more than four inches in width, the color to be distinctive of the faculty to which the degree pertains, thus: Faculty and Art Letters, white; Faculty of Theology, scarlet; Faculty of Law, purple; Faculty of Medicine, green; Faculty of Philosophy, dark blue; Faculty of Science, gold yellow; Faculty of Fine Arts, brown; Faculty of Music, pink...
Work has begun on a new board running track which will be located behind the gymnasium, between the Law School and the Jefferson Physical Laboratory. The track will be six feet in width, and there will be six laps to the mile. The building of the track, although in the hands of the athletic committee, will be under the supervision of Mr. Lathrop...
...here than anywhere else in the yard, and in passing and repassing one another, they are often shoved about and crowded most unpleasantly, and not infrequently are obliged to step off into the snow or slush. This evil could easily be remedied if the walk were made the full width of the path. It is not asking too much, surely, that this be done, for the comfort of the students...
...reported that Koest has just received an order for a new barge from the managers of the Yale navy. The barge, which will be finished December 1, is to be built of cedar, sixty feet in length, and 25 inches in width. This will be one of the narrowest barges ever constructed, the object of which is to avoid any change of the style of rowing when the crew is transferred to the shell...