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...racing shell from Davy, as a gift from Mrs. Charles F. Sprague, a niece of G. W. Weld '60, the founder of the club. It is intended to take the place of the old racing shell built in 1897-98. The new shell is 62 feet long, 23 inches wide, and 10 inches deep. It is constructed of Spanish cedar, both on the body and on the wash boards. A new system of bracing not yet tried here has been used and will probably prove very satisfactory...
...volume is written with fluency and naturalness of style. Justly emphasized throughout is the Americanism of Longfellow; while he was the first among American poets to create for himself a world-wide fame, and added to our poetry great cosmopolitan richness, he was guided from youth to age by the strongest national feeling. The author also shows clearly the often unnoticed service of Longfellow--beyond the stimulus caused by the remarkable sweetness and cheerfulness of his life and poetry--that of being in an eminently practical country the first conspicuous representative of the literary life. Mr. Higginson's estimate...
...rear of Boylston Hall a laboratory eighty-five feet long and thirty-three feet wide has been added to the basement. It will hold two hundred and seventy-six people, and has eight double and two single benches, and fourteen sinks. There is gas and an electric motor in connection with the laboratory...
...with Indiana limestone and quartered oak, has a large stone mantel with pillars carved to represent the different athletics of the University. Red and white tiles are used for the flooring. In the basement are two good squash courts and a swimming tank, forty feet long, twenty-nine feet wide and seven feet deep...
...three story addition, thirty-six feet long by thirty feet wide, has been added to the south end of the brick building at the Astronomical Observatory. It will be used for storing and examining photographic plates. There are two rooms on the ground floor, one on the second floor, and two on the top floor...