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There are 300 mosques altogether, and these are rapidly becoming very dilapidated since the government took charge of them Most of them are built with alternate courses of red and white stone and have domes which contain the tombs. There are no seats in them and the worshipper is obliged to take off his shoes upon entering. The minaret is invariably a feature of a mosque, and is a tall tower from whose gallery the priest summons to prayer. The chief mode of conveyance is the donkey, and the city is full of these strong little beasts, posted at every...
Work has been begun at the armory in New Haven in preparation for the winter games which take place Friday and Saturday of this week. The track will contain sixteen laps to the mile, the finish being in the northeast corner of the building. A fifty-yards track has been laid out diagonally across the floor. A large number of seats have been reserved. It is expected in New Haven that Harvard will send a strong team to compete in these games...
...March number of Outing will contain an article on "American College football" by Richard M. Hodge, of Princeton. It will be well illustrated and will treat the subject his topically as well as practically...
...March Popular Science Monthly will contain an article by Andrew D. White, ex-President of Cornell, entitled "New Chapters in the Warfare of Science...
...apparatus for steam heating, etc. The basement floor is occupied by a plunge-bath, fifty-six feet long by twelve wide, shower and needle baths and dressing rooms; also by a billiard room having four tables and a room for base-ball and tennis practice. The ground floor will contain a theatre capable of seating about 500 people, a social room, library and about five hundred lockers...