Word: greate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...catalogue, confirm this view. Travelling expenses are placed at $20, but if this refers to travelling during term time, it should be omitted entirely, for a man who was living as closely as possible would not go home for the short vacations if the cost was so great. On the other hand the expense of crossing the continent must be taken into account for a man living in the West. These deductions bring the estimate down to about $500, the limit for necessary expenses set in President Eliot's last report, where he comments upon Professor Palmer's speech. Under...
...electricity and then explained the theory of the are and incandescent lights. Electricity has been known to mankind for more than 2,000 year, but only during the last ten years has it been used practically for lighting. The electricity generated by friction, when discharged gives a spark of great brilliancy but of very short duration. The discoveries in chemical electricity, by Galvani, and in induced currents, by Faraday, were the greatest strides in our knowledge of the properties of electricity...
...Cook, to the great delight of all Yale men, made his appearance at New Harven yesterday. He was enthusiastically greeted, and escorted to the new training table. After dinner he was closeted with Captain Stevenson and ex-Captain Cowles. Cook is very reticent in giving information about the crew; he does not commit himself even so far as to state its strength compared with those of former years. He went out in the afternoon to look the men over and see what progress they had made with the stroke. it is highly probable that there will be a considerable weeding...
...will not begin work until after the April recess. No field, such as they had last year, is to be hired this season. They will practice on the upper portion of Jarvis, leaving the central part to the freshman nine and the lower part to the tennis courts. The great game of the season, the one with the University of Pennsylvania, will take place in May, and the Cricket Club have permission to play this game on Holmes Field...
...STRINGING TENNIS RACKETS.- We have the best thing in this line that has yet been produced-waterproof stringing. Dampness is the great enemy to racket strings and the prolific cause of much looseness and breakage. When treated with our Waterproof Filler the strings become impervious to dampness, and will keep in good condition a much longer time than would be possible otherwise. They can be taken to the seashore or mountains with safety if treated with the Waterproof Filler. We make a specialty of stringing for expert playing, and can guarantee fine work. James W. Brine, 10 and 11 Harvard...