Word: air
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...expected that but a small portion of what we now call Gore Hall would be of "sufficient capacity to contain the probable accumulation of books during the present century." As we watch the derricks pulling down the walls of this intellectual Bastile we wonder in a somewhat patronizing air at President Quincy's quaint taste and short-sighted expectations. Let us forget his taste, and think about his short-sightedness. He made his mistake in judgment because he could not see our modern attitude towards books in education. Certainly many of us have not stopped to see our own attitude...
...sensation betwixt a start and mild amusement, the native boldness with which you have suggested a *frappe with our hither to unbeaten septette of picked icemen. It is not so much the mild effrontery try and subtle brazenness of this offer which has caused our cynicism, as the air of dauntless bravado with which a spirited journal can afford to ignore a succession of ignoble crushing and yet rise once more, weak and giddy, only to be pushed once more between the ropes...
...been arranged very compactly and easy access may be had from any one to another. On the top floor are located four large and two small chemical laboratories, two balance rooms and two dark rooms. The roof is flat and of the practicable type, available for experiments requiring open air...
Perhaps the most novel feature of the building is the ventilating system. All the air supplied to the building is filtered through canvas bags to free it from dust particles. The hoods have straight outlets to the top and each separate flue has a special chimney-part, arranged so that air is drawn out constantly by the wind. The whole building is constructed with careful attention to the exclusion of dust and dirt, all the rooms having curved hospital bases where the walls meet the floor. The laboratories are lined with tile five-feet high...
...laboratories is unique in point of completeness. Lavalops, capable of standing great heat and unaffected by chemicals, have been fitted to some of the desks. The others are of tile, soapstone or wood, according to the purpose for which they are intended. The laboratories are piped for vacuum, compressed air, and a third unassigned purpose. Hot, cold, and distilled water is supplied at each desk and steam is available for use in the hoods. An electric dumbwaiter with complete automatic control has been constructed for the purpose of carrying apparatus from floor to floor...