Word: summits
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...game now remains to be played to decide the amateur base-ball championship of the college. Several nines entered the association in the spring burning with the desire to carry off the cups as emblems of their prowess upon the diamond. Of these, two have reached all but the summit of their ambition by overcoming everything which has thus far opposed them. Had not an unfortunate accident marred the last game, the question of supremacy would long ago have been determined...
...English novel, makes it seem impossible that the great metropolis should be so near. Harrow is by nature admirably suited for either recreation or study. The school buildings are located on the brow and slope of a high hill, commanding an extensive prospect on all sides. From the summit, part of six counties are visible, and the Surrey Hills, the Thames, Windsor Castle, and part of London meet the spectator's eye. Some of the buildings are very old, built in a massive style of architecture. They are filled with reminiscences, carved in wood, of many generations of youths, some...
...each of which there was a separate scene. On the stage were represented in turn a terrace looking towards the abode of the Delphic Oracle, the shrine of a Doric temple with the Furies lying about asleep, the temple of Pallas built in the Ionic style, and the summit of the Areopagus. The scenery is said to have been on the whole, very effective...
Upon entering the grounds through the driveway, we first passed a pretty stone building called the Lodge, then on the right, the imposing Stone Hall. Music Hall is the next, on the left, and finally we arrived at the College, a fine brick building, imposingly placed on the summit of a steep hill which rises directly from the lake. Entering, we passed through the long hall, and were shown to our dressing room from which we went to the reception, held in the corridor on the second floor. The corridors were filled with members of the Faculty, juniors, and their...
...Observatory is built on the summit of Mount Hamilton, a prominence in the Coast Range of California, 4,400 feet above the sea-level, and about 14 miles east of the city of San Jose. The atmospheric conditions of the site are peculiarly favorable to astronomical observations, and with a good man in charge of the observatory, great results may be expected. Let us hope that an astronomor, skilled in his science and enthusiastic in his work, may be chosen for the place; for on him more than on the instruments will the reputation of the observatory depend...