Word: area
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...common forms of construction used in office walls and movable partitions. He has established the fact that a square yard of felt of a given thickness will absorb a certain amount of noise, and that if there is an overplus of noise, one must simply put up a corresponding area of sound-proof blanket. He has produced a long-fibre product of felt, designed to secure strength without losing absorbing power. The general result over the country has been the elimination in many cases of private offices, and the creation of large, single, office rooms, the ceilings and walls...
...University hockey team defeated the substitutes 4 to 0 in an hour's scrimmage at the Arena yesterday afternoon. The extension of the skating area to its usual length of 220 feet, made the play less congested than the scrimmages of the last week, when the shortened rink was used in preparation for the game at New York. Omitting the usual preliminary drill, the University immediately faced the substitutes in an hour's hard scrimmage. The play was fast and at times marked by brilliant team-work. A faster attack together with swifter shots and passes characterized yesterday's work...
...recommendation of the I. A. A. A. A. seems therefore particularly timely. Group competition should encourage the lay student to "come out" as he does not now Further it ought to broaden the area of competition in as-much as the small colleges and the western colleges which have less chance under what might be called the capitalistic system of athletics will now have more of a reasonable prospect of the "placing". It is to be hoped that an effort will be made to bring in some of our western friends...
...express the idea of the new structure, as Greek amphitheatres did not have seats below the level of the ground; the building is neither oval nor circular, but elliptical. The same objections will apply which has often been suggested. The arena in a Roman amphitheatre applied only to the area on which the shows were executed, and this was generally sanded; the name was derived from that portion of the ground. The word 'Bowl' has the added advantage of being short and suggestive of the general appearance of the structure, looking at it from the top down...
...evening the men held a final discussion of their plans with Mr. Curtis. They will go to Princeton this noon, and will practice for a short time in Alexander Hall, where they are to speak. Following the debate this evening, the Princeton Debating Council will entertain the rival team area banquet, and the men will return to Cambridge tomorrow...