Word: ironed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with which the "new subjects" are received shows plainly how undergraduate feeling is disposed toward them. Men at college fully realize the nature of the times into which they have been thrown and when allowed to shape their own courses, naturally follow out this new line of education. Cast-iron rules of education must lose their place as this feeling of revolt against them grows stronger, and it is gratifying, as we have said, to see the President of our university take his present stand...
...Finance Club, reflects great credit upon the president and other members of the club who have been instrumental in starting these lectures. The course has embraced a lecture by Mr. Edward Atkinson upon a topic of interest to all students of political economy, lectures upon the great industries of iron, cotton and woolen, and a lecture by Prof. Laughlin upon the study of Political Economy. The interest which has been shown in these lectures by the large audiences which attended them, must have clearly demonstrated to the club that the efforts have been successful and appreciated. It is in this...
...spear they call it, is about three feet long, sharpened eight inches on one side, and sixteen inches on the other, with a blunt end. This is grasped in the right hand so that the arm crosses the face diagonally. The hand is protected by a basket hilt of iron, the arm and chest by impenetrable coverings. The left hand is held behind the back. There are only four or five cuts allowed, which, if successful, inflict wounds on the brow, cheek, or chin. The only really dangerous cut is a straight, down ward stroke on the head, which...
...Sargent in gymnasium apparatus is a new arrangement of pulley-weights, which tends to reduce the friction to a minimum, and thereby renders work on them easier and more agreeable. This result is accomplished by substituting rolled shafting, similar to that used in mills, in place of the plain iron rods now in use in the old machines; by changing the bearings so that the weight box will run exactly parallel to the bars, and thus prevent lateral pressure, and by increasing the diameter of the pivot...
...this and other courses the speaker was confident that in a few years we would become large exporters of iron, supplanting England in this respect. The lecture closed with a description of the open-hearth process by which the so-called Martin steel is manufactured, and an account of the present condition of the iron industry in this country...