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...most important interior feature of the new building is the noble library hall, a room of grand proportions, with a triple-arch roof supported by iron truss-work, so that the floor space -113 by 75 feet-is unbroken by divisions. A gallery makes the circuit of it and the walls within reaching distance of the floor and of the gallery are lined with that best of decorations, books. The general arrangement is by subjects and every frequenter of the library has unquestioned access to the 25,000 volumes here shelved as a reference library. The floor is ditted with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Library at Columbia. | 10/22/1884 | See Source »

...twelve will receive warm support. On this trip away from college the players have our best wishes for success. Princeton has a good team which has played well in two matches this years, so that the best of work must be done if Harvard wishes to continue her unbroken record of victories won over the orange and black. The material of our team is good, and the practice of the men has been, as a rule, faithful, although badly hindered by the great number of rainy days. With careful and steady work on the field when they face the Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/16/1884 | See Source »

...dimensions are placed side by side it will be observed that the paper one is much lighter, stiffer, and of greater strength. Its lines are firmer and owing to the fact that the paper skin is varnished over its waterproofing, it presents a perfectly smooth surface to the water, unbroken by seam or joint. Nor does it warp or shrink in the sun as much as the wooden one. The paper canoe is also more durable, will last longer and stand harder knocks, because a shock which will only bend or at most cut a hole in it, will completely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CANOES AND CANOEING. | 5/9/1884 | See Source »

...recognized the importance of the higher education and that they have been the chief promoters of it in this country. "Build the tower first; and others will see to it that the nave does not remain untinished." From the founding of Harvard College in the midst of an almost unbroken wilderness until this day of universal education, this has been the experience of New England...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/5/1884 | See Source »

...understand that Professor William Watson Goodwin, of Harvard College, is about to build a house for summer use on Clark's Island. Professor goodwin will have the pleasure of building on land which has descended to him from his ancestor, in an unbroken line, for nearly two hundred years. clark's Island was originally granted by the town, is 1680, to Elkanah Watson and two others. Mr. Watson soon bought out the other proprietors, so that practically the estate has been in the Watson name for nearly two centuries. -[Old Colony (Plymouth) Memorial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 10/20/1883 | See Source »

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