Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sikes, of course, is noncommittal as ever, but his habitual taciturnity cannot keep a twinkle from occasionally flashing into his eye...
...years ago, and who was a dropped Freshman this winter, has also reported, and if the scholastic barriers are surmounted, will prove a valuable addition to the squad. He is faster and can pivot quicker than practically anyone on the floor at present, and has a good basket eye. His loss to the 1937 Freshman team was a severe one, but if he is available next winter, it will delight the Fesler heart...
...makeup, anthropologists have been able to make actual measurements of many features, such as stature, head length, facial width, and the like. Many other characteristics of the individual, however, cannot yet be accurately determined. The shape and slope of the forehead, hair color, the color and pattern of the eye fall into this category...
When these things have been accomplished, then a third step may be taken, an attempt to find out the mechanics of heredity involved in the transmission of eye characteristics. But even the first of these steps is in an experimental form...
Successful attempts to photograph the eye in color were made in 1927-28 by Dr. Lawrence Redway of New York. The machine in use at the present time was built by Carl Zeiss in Germany on Dr. Redway's design. A special camera that takes a 4 1/2s6cm. Alga color plate stands on a vertical arm. It is franked by two light sources and in front of it is a chin rest for the subject. The lens is an F: 4.5. The two main modifications that have been made from the original plans are the substitution of incandescent light...