Word: width
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Haven team is considerably increased and the inconvenience which is now experienced cannot fail to become greater. Although the curves now are far too sharp and narrow the great objection lies in the straightaway which is used the most. It would be of but little expense to double the width of the track from the gate down to the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, or to broaden it by one half, even, would make a vast improvement on the track as it is now, and the advantages to be gained by such an addition would, I think, justify the necessary expenditure...
...finest marble from Carrara has been used in the construction of each of the rooms. The first floor, aside from the spacious vestibule of white marble which runs the whole width of the building, is devoted to baths, rowing and swimming tanks. The rowing tanks, two in number, are 50x27 feet and 7 feet deep, each surrounded by white marble ambulatories four feet wide. The swimming tank of the same size is also surrounded with marble ambulatories and lounging galleries wainscotted five feet high all around with Italian marble, and is graded so as to be from five to eight...
Gold medal to first and silver medal to second man in each event. An entrance fee of fifty cents must accompany each entry. The track is 530 yards to the lap; width 16 feet, 20 feet in the stretch. Entries close Saturday, April 30th, with Parke H. Davis, treasurer, 2 S.W., Princeton...
Gold medal to first and silver medal to second man in each event. An entrance fee of fifty cents must accompany each entry. The track is 530 yards to the lap; width 16 ft., 20 feet in the stretch. Entries close Saturday, April 30, with Parke H. Davis, Treasurer, 2 S. W., Princeton, New Jersey...
...table is in the new athletic club house, just completed, which is the gift of Professor Osborn. The entrance opens into a large hall to be used as a trophy room, wainscotted to a height of 6 1-2 feet with oak panels. The dining rooms, which extend the width of the building, open from the trophy rooms by arch doorways. The one on the right, intended for the use of the 'varsity, contains a tablet bearing the inscription: "1891," Presented to Princeton University by Henry F. Osborn, class of '77." The other dining room contains no fireplace...