Word: light
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...event with a jump of 5 ft. 51/4 in: Shirwin, '90, was second with a jump of 5 ft. 5 in., thereby breaking the school record by one-half an inch. Lee's actual jump was 5 ft. 81/4 in. Light-weight sparring was won by Batchelder, '91. H. O. Stickney and M. M. Smith, both Harvard '92, took first and second places respectively in putting the shot. Stickney's distance was 31 ft. 9 3-5 inches. Middle-weight sparring was won by Atwater, '90. Crane and Wheelwright, '90, were the Harvard men entered in the pole-vault. Shirwin...
...wish to call attention again to the meeting today of those men now at Harvard who have previously attended any other college. The purpose in view is an important matter, and we would urge all such men to be present. In the light of the many misunderstandings of the recent resolutions of the Board of Overseers, now rife in the college world, any action to be effectual must be prompt and unanimous. There are one hundred and ten men now in the academic department who have come here from other colleges both for the greater personal freedom and the superior...
...Matter and Motion.- Dr. Whiting; 2, Color-Dr. Whiting; 3, Sound-Dr. Whiting; 4, Prime Movers-Professor Hall; 5, Prime Movers-Professor Hall; 6, Electric Lighting-Professor Hall; 7, Electricity of High Tension-Professor B. O. Peirce; 8, Steady Courant of Electricity-Professor B. O. Peirce; 9, Cable Telegraphy-Professor B. O. Peirce; 10, Electromagnetic Induction and Telephony-Professor Trowbridge; 11, Light-Professor Trowbridge; 12, Conservation of Energy-Professor Trowbridge; 13, Physical Measurements -Dr. Sheldon...
...tank has been very destructive to the new set of oars purchased in England last year. Fifteen of them have already been broken on account of the holes which it was necessary to cut in the blades. The rest of the set has been strengthened by thin braces of light wood affixed to the back of the blades...
...views comprised about sixty places of interest, and were thrown on the white wall by the calcium light. Starting in Italy, the first picture was the Bay of Naples; then followed in quick succession the fish market at Naples, the Carthusian monastery, Virgil's tomb, Vesuvius, showing the present Crater, several views of Pompell and many more. Next, passing over to Sicily, photographs of Mount Etna, the old quarries at Syracuse, a beautiful Greek temple at Argumentum, and the bay of Falermo were shown...