Word: numberous
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...article in the March number of the Atlantic Monthly entitled "Venus in the Light of Recent Discoveries," Perceval Lowell of the class of '70 publishes a discovery he has recently made, that Venus rotates on her own axis only once a year, thus keeping one hemisphere continually toward the sun, and the other hemisphere in perpetual night. Hitherto it has been supposed that Venus rotated more than once a year, though the exact length of her day was a matter of dispute...
...Monday the broad jumpers commenced regular work on Holmes Field and a number of men began practice. J. G. Clarke L. S. S., who has done 22 ft. 8 1-2 in. in broad jump, but was troubled with a weak ankle last year, is out again and in good condition...
...forthcoming number of the Advocate contains a large variety of on the whole interesting matter. Decidedly the best things in the number are "Roundeles upon Occasions," which have a good deal of imagination and flow, by Robert J. Collier; and "The Special Officer of Station Two," by G. H. Scull. Several shorter bits of verse are rather commonplace and insignificant. "The Teller of Tales," by R. T. Fisher begins very well but leads up to nothing and falls flat. The remaining articles are: Editorials, "Come and Gone," "Sympathy," by F. K. Knowles; College Kodaks, "My Neighbor," by H. M. Adams...
Below are given the records of the fifty strongest men in the University, made in accordance with the system adopted by Dr. Sargent. The points are reckoned as follows: The number of kilos. lifted with the back and legs straight, and the number of kilos. lifted with the legs bent, added to the strength of the grip of the right and left hands, expiratory power as tested by the manometer, and one tenth of the weight in kilos. multiplied by the number of times that the person can raise his weight by dipping between the parallel bars and pulling...
Yesterday the number of candidates was reduced to 40 and H. J. Holt '98 was appointed captain of the College nine...