Word: consistency
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Multiplex System. Upon a 10-metre "carrier" wave, Mr. Hammond's multiplex sending instrument impresses modulations, much as a locksmith files teeth in a blank key. A set of eight modulations goes out with each compound signal of the set of eight messages. Physically, these modulations consist in alterations of the length of the carrier wave by fractions of a centimetre (down to 9.984 m., up to 10.016 m.). In the instrument that receives the multiplex or "scrambled" messages, one circuit is made sensitive to the carrier wave, other circuits to specific modulations thereon; much as the slot...
...orchestra will consist of 107 players, while the choruses together will number about 350. The four soloists who will be needed at intervals, throughout the last movement, have not yet been announced...
...work this fall will consist almost entirely of soliciting advertising and will not require much time in the evenings. All possible candidates are urged to bear in mind that inexperience will be in no way a hindrance in this competition...
Tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock, the final CRIMSON business competition open to Sophomores will be launched at a meeting in the CRIMSON Building. This competition will run for 11 weeks, and the work will consist mainly of soliciting advertisements. No night work will be required of candidates, and the routine work will be reduced to a minimum. No previous experience is necessary...
...fall practice will consist of about six weeks of preliminary training and work on stick handling, and will be followed by a practice game with the Boston Lacrosse Club. This organization is made up almost entirely of graduates and is expected to prove strong competition. The regular schedule will not open until next spring...