Word: yard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...spring meeting, to be held probably at Beacon Park, will be given by the athletic club of the Institute of Technology on May 27. The events will be as follows: 100-yard and 440-yard runs; running high and running broad jumps; putting the shot; standing high jump; pole vault; mile run; three-legged race; throwing the hammer; throwing base-ball tennis, and one-mile bicycle race...
...accordance with the new regulations requiring a gain of five yards in three successive downs in foot-ball, the side-lines of the field will hereafter be divided off into five-yard spaces...
Yesterday morning two eagles were seen hovering over the yard immediately after prayers...
...plan has as yet been discussed by which a plentiful supply could be obtained independent of the Cambridge Water Works. Recently several factories and private citizens have caused artesian wells to be sunk, and the result has been so favorable that the idea of such a well for the yard naturally suggests itself. We all know the disadvantages of Fresh Pond water for drinking purposes, but the most urgent necessity of a plentiful supply of water is in case of fire. During some of our severe winter snow-storms it would be almost impossible for a fire-engine to traverse...
...recent visitor to the library writes to a London journal as follows : The library at Harvard College, or rather University, is placed in a handsome structure of granite, near the entrance of the college yard. But what I want to speak of especially is the perfect management of the distribution of books. I have visited nearly all the prominent libraries of Europe and America, but I must confess that I was never so forcibly impressed with the perfection to which library management can be brought as I was at the Cambridge institution." The writer then explains the system of delivery...