Word: centralized
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...storage battery recently established in the old engine house at the eastern end of the main building. The whole equipment is as good as any in this country. It is at present employed in a study of the relation of the Zeeman effect to spectral series. The central portion of the basement is devoted to storage and to a number of small research rooms used by Professor Davis and his students. The southwestern part of the same level is occupied by an optical laboratory. In the northwestern portion, Professor Bridgman carries on his well-known researches on phenomena at high...
...supervising its construction, which is being carried on according to the plans made by the German architect, Bastelmeyer of Saxony. The latter's designs were chosen partly because it was the wish of the German Emperor and partly because of the excellence of his designs for the new central hall of the university buildings at Munich...
...camp will be composed of undergraduates and graduates in 1916 of colleges and universities; students in schools who have reached a grade equivalent to the Senior class in High School; and graduates, under 21, of such schools. The railroad fare from Boston to Plattsburg will be $5.50 over the Central Vermont lines. The only additions necessary to the regimental uniform as it is now worn will be two shirts and a jacket. The total expense for the entire trip will be about $28 plus the cost of extra clothes. The expense for the Senior Division is greater...
...group of small boats in the middle distance are balanced by a single sailboat and the pier and city of Calais, seen in the extreme distance at the right. The near point of view chosen by the artist permits of every detail in the two boats, which form the central subject of the picture, being clearly delineated. The larger one, seen from fore to aft, is lifted up on the crest of a wave surging against her side; the passengers and seamen crowding on the deck are painted with unusual animation and attention to detail. The warm-colored sails...
...from the South Atlantic States the total gain was 70 per cent., the gain in public schools being 100 per cent; from the Western States the gain of public schools was 66 2-3 per cent. and that of private schools 166 2-3 per cent.; from the North Central States the total gain was 50 per cent., public schools gaining 66 2-3 per cent. and private schools 14 2-7 per cent. The only division of the United States which showed a loss was the South Central States, which fell behind during this period...