Word: planting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...principal buildings and places in Berlin. The most entertaining article in this issue is "The Abysmal Depths of the Sea" by J. Carter Beard. It gives a short sketch of the conditions of the water and the floor of the ocean, together with a description of some of the plant and animal life found at great depths. It makes fascinating reading. Rev. Edward Everett Hale has an article on "The Story of a Boys' Club," describing how a crowd of two hundred young loafers were enticed to join the Club, then how they were interested and finally set to work...
...estimates already made provide for an electrical plant by which this reading room as well as the other college buildings may be lighted. This will then make the reading room accessible in the evenings, thus doing away with the necessity of taking reference books out for over night...
...Botanical Museum much work has been done in the equipment of special laboratories and much new apparatus has been added, especially for study of plant physiology. In the economic division, the museum has lately received some important accessions, notably from Japan, consisting of eastern food and medicinal plants, including typical Asiatic fruits and drugs. Cases are new building to hold this Economic Collection. A bronze memorial tablet has recently been placed in the room of the Ware collection of Blaschka glass modals of flowers. As yet he collection is unarranged. but after the first of February when a large instalment...
...history of the class, and the ivy oration, although the most recent addition to the custom of the day, is the gem of the day. This position grew out of the old custom that when a president went out of office the class of that year should plant an evergreen to his memory and sometimes an ivy was substituted. While the planting went on it was the custom for the ivy orator to recite a humorous and satirical oration in which the follies and peculiarities of the class and of the college faculty were lightly touched upon. The custom...
...buildings for the department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania are in process of erection. One of these, the Engineering School proper, is 100x50 feet and contains a plant of 300 horse-power for lighting by electricity the buildings of the university...