Word: yard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...steps of the buildings in the yard are being newly pointed up with cement...
...following were the winning records in the Yale athletic games Thursday afternoon: 100-yard dash, 11 1/4 sec., by Robinson, '85; half-mile run, 2 m. 8 3/4 sec., by Kerlsham, '84, Scientific; bicycle race, 7 m. 25 3/4 sec., by Hamilton, '86; 440-yard dash, 53 1/2 sec., by Smith, '83; 220-yard dash, 26 7/8 sec., by Reynolds, '84; putting the shot, 33 ft. 6 3/4 in., by J. H. Briggs. '85; throwing the hammer, 68 ft. 11 in., by Porter, '84; foot-ball kick, 157 ft. 2 in., by Terry, '85; throwing base-ball...
...part of the college. The present rumor should only serve to hasten some official action in the same line and to deliver future class-men from the tyranny of boarding houses and outside establishments. With the present limited accommodations the freshman who succeeds in getting rooms in the yard may well deem himself fortunate; and the marvellous facility with which one is "left" in the spring lottery tends to make a man very timid about loosening his hold on his former quarters, however bad. As to the need of more dormitories in the yard, such a question seems beyond debate...
...curious fact, not generally known, that once in every twenty years the college authorities are obliged to bar up all of the entrances to the college yard, in order that the privilege of passing through, which the public now enjoy, may not become a right by prescription. If this precaution were not taken it would be impossible to prevent the public from flooding the yard on class...
...club of four students desires board in a small private room near the yard, and at moderate rates. Address...