Word: glaringly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...blood-thirstiness objected to is supplied by the following sentence quoted from the longest article, entitled "The Flagellants." "Every day thereafter, the victim's bloody back burned up in red hell-fire before the tormentor's wild eyes: divine threats of damnation echoed through the silence; amid the awful glare two gaunt figures writhed,- the one upon the floor, his eyes starting out in agony, the other in the air, his eyes swelling with glutted revenge...
...large spruce trees, which border the observatory grounds on the Concord avenue side, must be cut down. These trees are greatly valued by the observatory, not only for their beauty, but also because they shut off the grounds so completely from the street, and at night prevent the glare of the electric lights from interfering with the use of the telescopes...
This year there will be several improvements made in the Class Day arrangements, The glare of white canvas stretched over the drives last year was very troublesome, and will this spring be lessened by the substitution of gray coverings. After the exercises around the tree there will be two exits, one as before, between Holden Chapel and Hollis and another between Harvard and Hollis so that the audience can more readily return to the yard, which will be that time have been cleared. At the close of the exercises, all will be requested to rise and join the senior class...