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Work has been started on the new Yale boathouse at Gale's Ferry. The building, which will be 42 feet wide and 85 feet in length will be supported on piles. At one end a platform will be constructed with large aprons and a 60 foot float extending out over the water. The boatroom, which takes up most of the first floor, contains ample room for extra shells and oar racks. Dressing and shower rooms will be on the same floor. Servants will have separate quarters on the second floor. The exterior of the boathouse will be painted white...
...high-jump and pole-vault are to report between 3.30 and 4 o'clock. Throughout the winter competitions in these two events will be held regularly on Tuesday afternoons and contests in the broad-jump and shot-put on Thursday afternoons. If it is possible to have a platform built for hammer-throwing, a competition will also be held in this event. The competitions will be marked on a percentage basis, relative to the number of men in each event. The contestants in each event who have obtained the three highest averages will be awarded suitable prizes...
...time this week. Competitions will be held throughout the winter in the following events: High-jump, broad-jump, pole-vault and shot-put; the competitions for the high-jump and pole-vault on Tuesdays, and for the other two events on Thursdays. If it is possible to have a platform built for hammer-throwing, a competition will also be held in that event. The competitions will be marked on a percentage basis, relative to the number of men in each event. The contestants who have obtained the three highest averages will be awarded suitable prizes...
...matter. Owing to the complex construction of the Harvard square station it has been found extremely difficult to provide for such facilities. The commission, however, has ordered that "The Boston Elevated Railway Company install in the Harvard square station a single file escalator of the cleat type from the platform for cars from Mount Auburn to the street level near and under the eastern side of the street shelter." Passengers from North Cambridge will also be able to avail themselves of this escalator by using a stairway of 16 steps. While this does not fully meet the necessities...
...main entrance leads into a large hall, fashioned after the huge halls in the older English lodges. Two stories in height, it extends the entire length of the building. At the west end of this room there is a large raised platform, which will be used as the dining room. One of the features is the electric lighting equipment, which is so arranged that when this platform is pressed into service as a stage, the electric outlets give lighting effects equal to those employed in the majority of theatres. The main floor will be used as a lounge, a huge...