Word: butting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Strategical knowledge gained from experience in years past will ensure the presence of the upperclassmen long before the door closes at five minutes after eight. So we want to whisper a word of friendly advice to the uninitiated. Seats and standing room are not only going to be at a...
H. F. Colt played the best game for the 1922 team, but the forwards played poorly together. Both sevens showed plenty of fight, but the Milton combinations proved more effective than the individual Freshman attacks.
Professor Pickering was Director of the University Observatory, and held the Paine Professorship of Practical Astronomy. He ranked in seniority all but one of the other active professors of the University. He was born in Boston on July 19, 1846 and received his early education at the Boston Latin School...
"The unexpected announcement of Professor Edward C. Pickering's death," said Professor Bailey, "brought instant response. Campbell, Director of the Lick Observatory, telegraphed, 'A great, unselfish man has gone. Our flag is at half-mast,' Hale, Director of the Solar Observatory, Mt. Wilson, 'Am greatly shocked and grieved, and hasten...
"These messages tell the story of the deep regard in which the scientific world held Professor Pickering. He was reckoned among the giants, but also he was possessed of the rare traits of courtesy, gentleness, kindness, and patience. Peristent to a marked degree, when convinced that he was right, he...