Word: founded
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...went to France, where he lectured as Exchange Professor at the Sorbonne in Paris. After about six months in this post, Professor Sabine entered the service of the French and British Governments for the special purpose of experimenting with a system whereby the range might be found for artillery by the use of a method of sound triangulation. During his experiments he was at the front a great deal of the time and in connection with his work on artillery liaison had an unusual opportunity to observe the aviation branch of the service...
Whether or not it will be found possible to issue the University Register next year can not now be determined, but the new board will go ahead with its work on the assumption that the publication of the volume will be practicable. In that case competitions for positions on the board, to which Freshmen and Sophomores, and possibly Juniors, will be eligible, will be held in the fall...
...least, has become aware that there is a war going on; some of his colleagues are still in the '90's. Mr. Davis signs a story which looks as if it had been written for a Christmas number some 25 years ago, found lacking in seasonable cheer, and consigned to the bottom drawer, whence it had suddenly and mysteriously risen. It describes the struggles of a brave little woman, and ends, "Then quietly, she walked out into the night." One is consoled by the knowledge that she couldn't possibly walk out anywhere into the night without running into bevies...
...University Faculty has announced that during the past year it has found permanent positions for 34 graduates in Cambridge, beside being instrumental in, and often entirely responsible for, directly placing many men in Government service...
...been found that some sort of organization is necessary to the successful maintenance of athletics. The informal system has not worked well, because it assumed an equality between fundamentally different teams. Such an equality was worthless because of its very artificiality. The one indispensable feature of college athletics seems to be the playing of intercollegiate games, for only in that way will teams of real equality meet...