Word: crossing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...arid lones west of the Papas river. At present work is being rapidly pursued in the construction of a very large canal, and it is expected that this part of the arid region will soon be a most fertile land. A large number of the the smaller rivers cross this territory. The frost is never severe; the mean temperature is 620, and the summers are long and hot. The soil of the arid region is rich, and the opportunities for irrigation are great. The population of the United States is rapidly increasing, and the rising generation will see it reach...
...would have been at the worst six to five for Princeton. And if instead of this they had been deprived of Ames, you might have won the game. Ames beat you. Now if the smaller colleges had not been in the association Ames would have been forced to a cross-examination and disqualified (see CRIMSON of this date). He would have been sent after Wagenhurst. So the presence of these smaller colleges in the association proves worse than useless. It is useless, as the scores this year and the playing of substitutes against them indicates, Mere practice games-that...
...Boston Athletic Association has announced that on Saturday, December 14, at 3-3 30 p. m. it will give a hare and hounds run (distance five miles), and on Saturday, December 21, at the same hour, a cross-country run (distance seven miles) open to members of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
...second half began at 4.50. White took Saxe's place. Wesleyan worked the criss-cross trick to good advantage and made 15 yards. Harvard prevented Slayback from gaining, and on the next down Hall punted. B. Trafford caught the ball on the dead run and made a beautiful gain of twenty yards. On the second down he punted to Hall. McDonald dodged finely and brought the ball back near the middle of the field. Crosby fell on the ball. It was passed to White but Crane tackled him before he got started. The ball went to Wesleyan on a misplay...
...America. It will stand on the very summit of the hill and will be the most conspicuous object on the campus. The first story will be of Michigan red stone, and the entire upper part of Ohio white stone. The main building will be in the form of a cross with a tower twenty feet square and one hundred and seventy-two feet high at the end of the arms. In the tower will be placed the university clock and chimes. The ground floor will be taken up by four seminary rooms and an auditorium with seating capacity...