Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...laboratory is a large building, fitted up with all modern appliances. No iron has been used in its construction so as not to interfere with experiments in magnetism. Twenty-four new scolarships have been founded by which the six best men in each class, four from the classical, two from the English department, will receive their tuition free for the following term...
...instruments which will be used during the eclipse is for the purpose of determining whether it is probable that some of the demands which are classified here as simple, are not really compound, and are separated in the intense heat of the sun. It has been suggested that iron may be a compound of calcium and oxygen, and that these elements may be separated in the sun. So this apparatus will take the light of the very edge of the sun just as the eclipse becomes total, then of the bottom part of the corona, and then of the outer...
...DAILY CRIMSON.- The great danger of fire in any of our college dormitories is in the use of open grates. If these grates can be protected so that the coals can not fall upon the carpets, there is almost no danger. At present the only fenders are pieces of iron about two inches high; and these are almost worthless. By putting in proper fenders the college would protect its property much more effectually than by an unlimited amount of fire apparatus stored away in the basements of the buildings. Such fenders could be made very cheaply of wire gauze...
...from various sources that the rooms in Holyoke House have not yet received proper attention, a fact which can be accounted for only by surmising that the authorities have considered that these rooms either are not exposed to the dangers of a great fire, or that the almost inaccessible iron fire escapes are a sufficient protection. It is impossible to understand why the men living in Holyoke House rooms situated three and four stories above the gound should be left only half protected against fire, while men living in other college buildings have efficient means provided them in saving themselves...
...they will meet are the Columbia men, O. S. Campbell, Valentine G. Hall, A. E. Wright, formerly of Trinity, and Hurd, of Yale. The prizes will be, for first in singles, a large silver bowl of antique design, and for second, a silver tankard ornamented with embossed figures. Tall iron lamps will be given to the winners in doubles, and to the seconds, cut glass decanters with silver tops...