Word: moistness
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...well known that under the favorable climatic conditions of the moist regions in the tropics, plants take on the widest diversity of forms, thus adapting themselves to their surroundings. Among these forms are many which are exceedingly grotesque, while others are very beautiful. By means of the large number of illustrations and specimens which the Botanical Museum possesses, Professor Goodale will show the difference between our erratic spring, where the vegetation is still dormant, and this season in the tropical regions, where plants are growing in great profusion...
...These long courses in short terms, the attempt to keep the University under full steam through the moist heat of a Chicago summer, the encouragement given to the student to compress four years' work into three years - the whole scheme breathes that nervous, restless haste which is one of the most deplorable features of American life; and when our universities come to forget that "school" means leisure, and that high-thinking cannot be hurried, one of the last safeguards against the national vice of over-pressure will be lost...
...basement is all the machinery. This consists of a self-operating pump, a boiler and a fan. This latter mixes the cool air with steam and thus provides the room with a moist atmosphere. This fan is called a "Sturtevant blower." There is a duplicate one in Technology. The boiler is of about eight horse power and sixty pounds...
...rumored, however, that they rehearsed their performance in the morning in pair oars. Eighty-nine was second off with Mr. Keyes, '87, as coach. Ninety followed next, and '88 next with C. F. Adams in the coxswain's seat. The day was disagreeable, there being a high moist wind from the south-east, but the river was high and almost clear of ice, so that the rowing was very satisfactory...
...farm comprises about 200 acres of a varied character. The soil on the hillside is mostly gravel, while in the meadows it is very rich and moist. Hay is raised on part of the farm, and given to cattle which are taken to board. The part comprised in the Arnold Arboretum is devoted to the planting of trees and shrubs which number over two thousand varieties. There is no one collection in the world which contains so many varieties. Their arrangement is also excellent. In one row we can trace the apple as it first existed in Central Asia...