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...gloomy hall of death beneath the earth. Many of the higher families, on the other hand, believed that in the fifth of the heavenly regions was a grand palace called Walhalla, so lofty that one could scarcely see the top, with five hundred and forty doors, and with walls hung about with shields and skins, with rafters covered with spears and swords. About the palace was a great wall for a defense, and around the whole ran the roaring stream of death. This river was more terrible than could ever be described by mortal power, and the monsters that filled...
...common belief sent all souls to Hel. This was a gloomy land, vast and pathless, in one part of which was the hall of the reigning goddess. A wall and river which surrounded this seem to be almost identically the same as those which the higher families believed were about Walhalla. Much dispute has arisen as to the unity and consistency of the beliefs in Walhalla and Hel. Some of the Eddic songs speak of Hel and Walhalla separately. while others do not mention the latter at all. The beliefs are inconsistent, because by one all souls are sent...
...captains of the class crews drew lots for courses in the race of next Thursday. '90 has the course next the wall, '92 the next, '93 the next, and '91 the outside course. The race will be rowed under the same rules as last year...
...that all persons desiring a map of the United States may obtain one from the Interior department by paying $1.25 which is the cost of publication. These maps have been published recently and are 5.5 x 6.5 feet. They are on paper backed by muslin and are intended for wall maps. No one person is allowed more than one map. Remit by postal note or money order payable to the Disbersing Clerk, Dep't. of Interior, Washington...
Work on the rowing tank in the Cary building is being pushed as rapidly as possible. The wall to control the flow of water is being built...