Word: avoidable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...scheme for bettering the tenement houses in New York. The effort was a complete success simply as a business scheme. The improved buildings are built around a large interior court in such a manner that every room has a window. The buildings are arranged with outside stair cases, to avoid the dangers and discomforts of a huge wooden fire blower in the inside of the house and to give every family the domestic privacy secured by a front door of its own and no connection with the other occupants of the building. The pleasure taken by the by the people...
...haste becomes more apparent. The work of taking class pictures is more considerable doubtless than is generally supposed. Last year, we are informed, some men delayed so long that it was impossible for Pach to finish the work before college closed. Care, therefore, should be taken this year to avoid a like occurrence. It must be remembered that the taking of class photographs does not necessarily involve any personal expense. The main object is to secure a picture of every member of the class for the class album, the expense of which is met by the class fund. Pecuniary considerations...
...scrimmage, this man would have a fine opportunity for a run around the end. This state of affairs could not, of course, continue long before the 'varsity essayed the same tactics. It therefore became regarded as a disadvantage to have possession of the ball in a scrimmage. To avoid this the scrubs again cudgeled their brains and evolved the trick of kicking the ball sideways instead of straight through. This protracted the scrimmage, but as soon as the centre men became started upon the idea of kicking the ball anywhere rather than through, they all developed too great a knack...
Princeton's new baseball cage is nearly completed. The original plan has been enlarged, and the cage will now measure 180x60 feet thus giving plenty of room for the nine and athletic team. The running track will be a large one with only twelve laps to the mile. To avoid interference with each other the nine will practice daily at noon, while the track athletes will train from half-past four till six o'clock...