Word: bottom
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...desirable kind of a department to have, but it is a question if the cry of "unsatisfied desires" which generally arises in such a case is not the very means by which growth is made possible. We have little doubt but that these persuasive appeals often are, at the bottom, the cause of many of our bequests. At all events we believe that the spirit of giving would be quickened by the sight of an appropriate and artistic building, so that at the end of fifteen or twenty years we should be more advanced for having had our building, than...
...forced to make when asked right out and out to justify the stand which Harvard has taken. Experience has taught us to expect misrepresentation from the press of the country, but it is even more exasperating to think that owing to our own failure to get at the bottom of things, we have often caused misunderstanding. The good that one can do by presenting to his friends a clear and reasonable statement of all that has happened is inestimable, and it is to be hoped that every Harvard man will feel it his duty to correct as far as possible...
...swimming tank, situated on the first floor, will be ready for use as soon as the bottom, which is to be constructed of white brick, similar to those upon the sides of the tank has been laid. The rowing tanks will be completed next week, after the beds have been laid out and cemented. The small stair cases leading to the second floor and basement are now being put in place, and the main stair-case of marble is almost finished. A floor has been laid in the basement, and the baths have been put up, and separated by marble...
...itself which is on the second floor will be fitted with the latest and most approved gymnastic apparatus. Down stairs will be the swimming and rowing tanks and the baths. The sides of the swimming tanks have been built and broken stone is now being laid for the concrete bottom. The building will be lighted throughout with electric lights and the engine which will furnish power for the dynamo and also for the elevator will be soon put in position. A novel ventilating arrangement is provided consisting of brick tower twenty feet high which is sunk into the ground...
...above these the backs, all in their respective positions. In one upper corner is a group picture of the eleven and in the other, one of the eleven and substitutes. Across the top of the picture is the season's score, "Yale 490 points, Opponents 0." and across the bottom, "Champions...