Word: containing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that in time the pool is entirely flooded and must be abandoned. Many pools in Oklahoma, Kansas, Ohio and elsewhere were doomed to early decline from this cause, and the present more serious decline of the Mexican fields arises in a similar manner. While not all oil-bearing strata contain salt water, the majority of them do; and where the strata (or "sands") are in the nature of limestone instead of being a true sand or sandstone stratum, the decline is very much greater than otherwise...
...great university is credited with having graduated seventy men from its course in oil geology; at least three colleges are specializing in this science; the columns of a certain reputable trade journal contain professional cards of over fifty individuals and firms who specialize in oil geology; and the number has lately been increasing. Contrast these circumstances with the fact that the United States Geological Survey has calculated that over forty percent of the petroleum of the United States has already been taken from the ground and the great majority of our known oil fields have been discovered. It will...
...University Alumni Association has definitely announced that its book "Harvard's Military Record in the World War" will be sent to press shortly and mailed to subscribers in November. The book will contain the record of the 10,000 University men who served during the war in the Army or Navy of the United States or of the nations associated with this country; and in almost every case the records have been complied from information received from the men themselves. The records will be arranged alphabetically, and there will also be a list of the names of the men arranged...
...tuition to all who can maintain themselves at these institutions. There is little doubt that a strong demand for such an extension of university facilities will come in the East. Many more young people have set their minds upon going to college than the present privately-endowed institutions can contain...
...demand justifies publication, the Varsity Club will issue a 400-page volume, the "H" Book of Harvard Athletics", to contain an illustrated history of the athletic teams that have represented the University, chiefly against Yale, in the five major sports--crew, baseball, football, track and hockey. The names of 2000 graduates have been selected at random and with 700 members of the Varsity Club will receive communications dealing with the proposed volume. A subscription blank will accompany each letter; and if the returns from this test are favorable, the publications committee, of which G. B Morison '83, president...