Word: aid
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...annual convention of the National Academy of Science, now being held at Brown University, papers will be read by the following Harvard instructors: "Investigations of Light and Electricity with the aid of a Battery of 20,000 Cells," by Professor Trowbridge; "Progressive Evolution of Characters in the Young Stages of Cephalopods," by Mr. Hyatt, assistant at the Zoological museum; "The Development of the Pig and "Normal Plates Illustrating the Development of the Rabbit and the Dog Fish," by Professor Minot, of the Medical School...
...arrangement of the pictures was of great assistance in following the route described by Professor Baker. Many of the views shown were admirable examples of the old style of illustrations, and made it possible for one to gain some familiarity with the background of Shakespere's plays as an aid toward appreciating them more fully...
Much of the great mass of industrial statistics which exists today has been gathered unofficially, that is by individuals working on their own responsibilities. Such writers often go beyond the use of known facts--in expounding their arguments with the aid of figures. In recent years many of the statistics unofficially obtained in England have been used by the official statisticians as being trustworthy. In reality, however, many of these tables are unreliable, having been made up by manufacturers in their counting rooms and containing many errors...
...correcting faults in the interference and the starting of the backs. This showed its effect in the game, the first eleven scoring five touch-downs, all of which were the results of long end runs. These were not made by individual playing alone, but in most cases by the aid of brilliant interference. There was no fumbling nor holding, but a good deal of ground was lost by offside play and interference with the second team's center...
...system of coaching University debating teams which prevails at Harvard is essentially different from that at Yale or Princeton. In the latter institutions the system of faculty coaching has been thoroughly adopted. The Harvard Faculty, on the other hand, has taken the position of giving no aid to the debaters, on the ground that their coaching would practically result in faculty contests between the colleges. Harvard, therefore, has to rely upon graduates who are interested in debating to coach the University team, and as long as such men are available the system is likely to prove successful. Last year...