Word: light
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...duty to economize coal and its derivatives. This is the only course left. We charge every student to feel this responsibility. Electricity is the product most easily economized, and we can do a small though valuable bit of conserving. Think twice before flooding your suite with unnecessary light. Where two thousand are concerned the saving of a few hours per day by each is not insignificant...
...adoption and the most essential at the present time, is the conservation of fuel. Although this will hardly be obtained through economizing heat, since college buildings are kept warm a definite part of the day under any circumstances, yet it can be secured by utilizing less artificial light. According to the proposed idea, everybody would rise one hour earlier, and therefore go to bed an hour earlier, for we do not believe anyone will keep to his accustomed habits if he loses sleep thereby. At the time the change is scheduled to go into effect, the sun will rise almost...
Coach Gross put the upperclass seven through a light workout yesterday afternoon in preparation for the game. The Freshmen had previously had a separate session, so the two informal teams had a scrimmage. Both played clever hockey and were aided by smooth, hard ice. The individual stars were A. H. Bright '19, H. F. Gibbs '20, R. E. Gross '19, E. Van R. Stires '20 and N. S. Walker...
What harm is there in getting out of bed an hour earlier? It is light enough to read at 6.30 A. M. these days. Don't let a patriotic wish to save electricity keep you in bed. Can the College fear a new experience? Are we to prate falsly of too many war-privations? It is extremely easy in these days of early closing theatres and amusements to go to bed an hour earlier. Indeed, only from the outside point of view would it be an hour earlier. To us under the new schedule we would be going...
...heartily approve of the measure which you are urging in regard to starting the daily schedule of Harvard an hour earlier in order to economize the use of artificial light. I hope that the University authorities will endorse the plan, and that other colleges of the state will be able to adopt the same proposal. JAMES J. STORROW...