Word: equalize
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rooms of the latter. The first move fell by lot to Sturgis, who opened with the "Scotch Gambit" in which the first player sacrifices a pawn for the sake of a strong attack. By the eighth move Sturgis had recovered the pawn, but their positions were nearly equal. For the next few moves each party slowly brought out his pieces, and Nicolls developed a slight attack, which was strengthened by a mistake of his opponent. From this point the game was entirely in Nicolls' favor and on the twenty-third move Sturgis was obliged to resign. The game...
...delightfully acted. The plot is rather intricate, and full of surprises. Many of the situations are charming, and the dialogue is almost always bright. The sentiment is not false nor overdone, as the title of the play might lead one to expect. The work of the museum company was equal, and the acting of no one in the cast was positively bad. Perhaps the most praise is due to Mr. Wilson, whose impersonation of the barrister Dick Pheny, though once or twice slightly coarse, leaves little to be desired. Miss O'Leary as Lavender, and Miss Sheridan as Minnie Gilfillian...
...Wood '91, described some experiments which he made during the recess on the melting of ice under pressure. The trial was made with a hydraulic ram crushing the ice in a steel cylinder. The ice was not liquefied by a pressure of twelve tons to the square inch, equal to sixteen hundred atmospheres or to the weight of a mass of ice twelve miles thick. A series of experiments on the subject will be carried...
...hall is by far the finest recitation building at Yale. The various rooms have a total seating capacity of 1450, almost equal to the present number of students; the large lecture rooms will seat nearly three hundred men each. The lighting arrangements are excellent, the small basement rooms being better lighted than most of the college buildings. The heating and ventilating system is perfect; in the cellar an enormous fan changes the air in every room in the building once in ten minutes, while the electric system makes the temperature self-regulating...