Word: placing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Whiteside is a graduate of Syracuse University and rowed there as a member of the Freshman and University crews. He was coach of the Syracuse Freshman crew which won first place in the Freshman race at the Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta at Poughkeepsie last June. At Syracuse it is understood that he never rowed on a losing crew. His home formerly was in Duluth, Minnesota. He is about 36 years of age. He will report at Harvard next week...
...industrial revolution which took place about 100 years ago when the steam engine was a new invention is compared with the achievements of modern industry by the general use of electricity. Comparison is made between our water power resources and our coal deposits, and it shows that there is enough coal used yearly to build a Chinese Wall entirely around the United States. Animated drawings demonstrate the operation of a steam turbine and the generation of alternating current. The story ends with the construction of a modern electric power plant and a glance into the future of the electric power...
...more names may be added to the ballot, on which voting will take place on Thursday. There will be but one day of voting, and booths will be maintained in Harvard, Sever, and Pierce Halls. Seniors whose names are included in the list of those eligible to vote may cast their ballots at any time between 10 and 1 o'clock. This year men will be at the booths to receive votes during this whole period instead of just between classes
Midst the hodge-podge of football over-emphasis and larger stadiums, fraternity scandals and college life of the movie type, the report of the Harmon Foundation, made public yesterday, strikes a particularly encouraging note to the proponents of college as a place of study...
Beginning today and extending through December 18 there will be two exhibitions of reproductions of prints by Durer, Brueghel, Holbein, and modern masters, held in the seminar room, third floor, of the Fogg Museum. Particulars concerning the purchase of these reproductions may be had at the place of exhibition...