Word: airs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Haven team at eight-fifteen. To do justice to the occasion there will be reserved sections for the University; and organized singing and cheering. The leaders have already announced their intentions and spoken of the Arena's excellent acoustic properties. Most organized cheering is done in the open air; tonight's offers the unprecedented opportunity of making the rafters ring. So if there is need of further incentive to attendance than the announcement, "Harvard plays Yale," here is one: May the rafters ring...
...have the 220-yard straight-away necessary to track equipment, a tunnel must be cut through the embankment of the Bowl at the excessive cost of from thirty to fifty thousand dollars. Not only is this objection raised, but it is maintained that the arrangement would create powerful air currents which would hinder the runners and that the other colleges would therefore refuse to compete on such a track. Other arrangements have been suggested, such as cutting through both sides of the Stadium, but the committee in charge does not agree that any expedient as yet offered will surely compensate...
...Physical Colloquium. "The Absorption of the Air for Light in the Ultra-Violet," by Professor Lyman, in Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Room...
...reason for remodelling the second floor is the fact that air and light were sorely needed, the atmosphere under the low roof being particularly close in summer. Adequate light for the paintings was also lacking and in addition to these needs, the walls leaked. To remedy the evils, the roof has been raised a considerable distance, increasing the exhibition space, and greatly improving the ventilation of the second floor. The capacity of the photograph room has been enlarged and new cases with a more economical arrangement have been installed. Space which hitherto has gone to waste will be utilized...
...four in each of the four pavilions and twelve across the front of the building. The capitals are being carved in place with the use of plaster models and it is hoped to expedite this work, which is now being done by hand, by the installation of an air compressor, which is expected shortly. The stone-work on the gable-end of the northeast pavilion is now complete, while that on the northwest gable is about half finished. When the stone on this gable is set, the construction of the roof will progress rapidly. The modillions or carved projections under...