Word: floor
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...students carry canes into recitations, and drop them on the floor to such an extent that caneracks are much needed...
...telephone that conveys musical sounds with great accuracy from the first to the fourth floor of Farnham Hall has been constructed by two of the students...
...simplification and abbreviation in the present system of card catalogue. The numerous and vigorous advocates of more reading room and of open alcoves will perhaps be pleased to learn that it is the present intention of the Library management, on the completion of the new part, to fill the floor of the old building with reading tables, and to have certain alcoves containing books of reference and those most in demand accessible to all students during the regular hours...
...seem as if this responsibility was not enough to make him absent-minded, yet one would suppose that a tolerably well-brought-up mule would know that a day in January with the wind blowing at the rate of fifty miles an hour, and the thermometer feeling after the floor, was colder than the spring days of April; but not so my scout. All through the winter he used to put barely coal enough on the fire to keep it from going out, and would leave the door open and me shivering as long as he could. But now mark...
...event of the season at Cornell was the Navy Ball. The committee fully met the heavy responsibility cast upon their shoulders by providing "good music, a nicely crashed floor, and a good supper." "The ladies threw their sweeping trains in graceful curves, conscious of an admiring eye over yonder in the corner, while the gentlemen, perfectly overcome by this generous display of gracefulness for their own special benefit, now also make a desperate effort to appear graceful, causing a smile of pity on the faces of the ladies." Conscious curves would cause a smile of incredulity on even Mr. Tyndall...