Word: plantes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from a graduate known only as "Alumnus Aquaticus" is the first definite step toward an immediate start on the construction of a swimming pool primarily for undergraduates, it was announced yesterday by the H. A. A. Tentative plans call for the erection of a large indoor athletic plant with full equipment on land available between Winthrop, Holyoke, and Dunster Streets, and await additional funds for their execution...
...natural research institution it is today, the nation itself cannot afford to ignore the tremendous significance of the Arboretum, Artistically and economically its influence might well be said to extend throughout the world. It certainly fills a unique place in American, and while the importance of the study of plant genetics and the hybridization of trees may present only vague and jejune append to the public mind, comparatively little botanical sympathy or inclination is prerequisite to a realization of the artistic and economic need for forest preservation and plant pathology. The greatness of the Arboretum rests upon the fact that...
...cruel. He proposed to prove it; to fight a bull in London; to show that speed, skill, sportsmanship which England worships are foundations of his trade. No horses would be disemboweled. Instead of killing the bull he would kiss it; tease the beast a little; stroke it; finally plant a caress on its cruel horns as it came plunging by. Lesser matadors at home in Spain followed anxiously the progress of their ambassador of good will toward bull fights in the foreign, unfriendly land of their Queen. Their livelihood, traditions, national sport of Spain were perhaps dependent in some small...
...research. The new motor weighs close to the lightest gasoline engine; is capable of delivering speed and horsepower comparable to good racing motors of the normal type. Experts read the news with deepest interest, hoping that widespread tests will confirm Mr. Sperry's belief that the new power plant meets every air requirement ; that by elimination of the fire hazard it will add an enormous safety factor to flying; particularly for commercial and passenger planes...
...completion of the new heating plant, which will serve practically all the University buildings north of the College Yard, has made it possible for the Museum authorities to take out of the basement the great steam boilers, and the space thus vacated will be used for storing the scientific publications of the University until they are distributed among subscribers and the institutions with which the Museum makes exchanges. The walls of rooms have been painted, with the result that the whole interior has been freshened and brightened...