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...temple. Apollo was the chief deity but there are some proofs that Bacchus was worshiped there before Apollo. People of all nations worshiped at the shrine and so many presents were given that in the time of Pliny, after Delphi had been plundered many times, there remained three thousand. The excavations so far have revealed a wall 13 feet high and 500 feet long which formed the upper terrace upon which the temple was built. The positions of the theatre, race course, council hall and several small temples have been located. But above all they have found that the floor...
...other work of the kind remaining to be done in Greek lands, at all comparable with this in importance and interest. Like the Attis at Olympia and the Acropolis of Athens, the Delphic temenos was an art museum of a national character. How many of the three thousand statues to be seen there in Pliny's time still lie buried beneath the cottages and narrow streets of Kastin-the little modern village on the temple site-no mortal knows. Thousands of inscriptions, the complete plan of the temple, and the topography of the enclosure, are sure to reward richly...
...financial statement of the university boat club published in another column is remarkable as showing a care and energy in overcoming obstacles hardly shown heretofore in the management of crew affairs. During the past year over ten thousand dollars have been expended for the crew, mostly of course, in the purchase of the launch, two new shells, and the building of the tank; yet despite these largely increased expenses the liabilities have been all met within one hundred and fifty-eight dollars. We hardly believe that a more excellent showing can be made by the management of any past crew...
...found them thoronghly levelled and turfed and in excellent order. They then gave out a contract for seats along both sides of the field, in addition to the Hampden Park grand stand. The new seats will accomodate abour 5,500 and the grand stand about 1,500, Fully five thousand people are expected from Springfield alone. A train will be run from Boston, probably starting at 11 a. m., with special rates for Harvard...
...building will be located as originally intended, on Elm street, near York, and will cover ten thousand square feet of ground. Arrangement will be made in the plans for two rowing tanks and a large swimming bath, but probably not for a baseball cage...