Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...choosing Class Day officers. The men selected have been worthy, and the fact that they have belonged to societies has no bearing, since all men of distinction and true worth in a class are recognized socially. Here then the question of facility enters, and as Class Day elections approach, the societies submit to us men, in their opinion, best fitted for the various places. The class may accept this list by the vote of its majority, or it may reject it, and "Graduates" reference to "intimidation" is as fictitious as it is positively foolish. To recapitulate, then, the strongest argument...
...defences, gateways, and temples,- the Parthenon, built by Pericles; the old temple of Athena, which Dr. Dorpfeld himself discovered and named; and finally the Erechtheum, that most beautiful of the buildings of ancient Athens. The well-known Porch of the Maidens, or Caryatids, he believes to have been the approach to the grave of Cecrops...
...second half Sargent, Swain, Wadsworth, Hoague and Weld were the only new men substituted by Harvard, and A. Davis took Ryan's place on the Williams side. Harvard's nearest approach to the Williams goal was at the latter's ten yard line. Here the ball was lost to Williams and a series of punts followed in which Wrightington outclassed Draper. It was at this point of the game that Dibble did his best work for Williams making long runs around the ends which carried the ball into the middle of the field. The ball then changed hands several times...
...days upon a widening and improvement of Boylston street. The street is to be widened to 60 feet and will be macadamized. The car tracks will be removed to Brattle and Elliott streets. This change, if properly carried out, will make a most welcome improvement in the approach to Soldiers Field...
This afternoon the game for the class baseball championship will be played between '97 and '99. Owing to the approach of the examination period there will be only one game played, and our supremacy depends entirely on victory today. Every man in '97 who can do so is urged to come out to support the team. The team has worked hard and has done well so far, and there is no reason why we should not win today if the class will but come out and show the men that they have confidence in their powers to defeat...