Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hall before the photographers were done. It was also noticed that those who were in and under the gallery and in the small room adjoining the large hall, were the most quiet and concerned of all. Have they forgotten their freshman physics and the laws of the propagation of light...
...Physical science-Either (1) astronomy and physics; or (2) a course of experiments in the subjects of mechanics, sound, light, heat and electricity, not less than 40 in number, actually performed at school by the pupils...
...indoor spring meeting of the Technology athletic club will be held on Saturday, March 7, at 2 o'clock. The following events will be contested : Running high jump, running high kick (open), standing high jump (open), parallel bars, handicap fence vault (open), putting shot (open), pole vault (open), sparring, light weight (open), feather weight, middle weight (open), tug-ofwar (open). Events marked open will be open only to members of the H. A. A. C., U. A. A. C., B. Y. M. C. U. and B. Y. M. C. A., or any college alumnus...
...statement is probably true, for they loosened the ground to a distance of fifty feet, so that they must have expected them to jump that far. After the leaping came the javelin throwing, in which the object was distance, not accuracy in hitting a certain mark. The javelin was light, and had no head, and was thrown by a thong. In this event the three men who made the shortest throws were dropped out. Next the foot race was held; this was the most primitive of all the contests, and for a long time was the only event...
Says the Princetonian: "At Williams they cry for light in the gymnasium in the evenings. At Harvard for light in the library, as is the case here; While from Yale we hear that, according to the testimony of the librarian, there are some men in the Junior class who have not drawn a single book since their entrance into College...