Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rowing machine and connected with the oar handles by a cord, the record being marked on a chart, as in the case of a steam engine test. It is possible to determine the length of each man's stroke, how strong an oar he pulls. and at what point of the stroke he applies the greatest power...
...lamp is made of solid glass, practically a plug fitted into the base of the aluminum cone with paster-of-Paris, and made air tight. A metallic ring passes around the base of the cone and holds the sides of the cone firmly to the glass bottom. Through a point a little to the side of the centre of the glass base, passes the cathode pole into the lamp, and at the end of this is fastened a platinum disc, at such an angle as to be parallel with the side of the lamp. At the top of the lamp...
...outdoor practice. As soon as the weather permits, the pole-vaulting squad, which has been discontinued for some time, will begin work again. Hoyt, who holds the Harvard record of 11 ft. 2 3/4 in., Hallowell and Emmons who have both done better than 10 feet, Sherwin and Dole, point winners in interscholastic meetings, are the most promising men for this event...
...candidates for the hammer. This is an unusually small number, but more men will certainly join them later. Their training consists of chestweight exercises and other heavy gymnasium work. Clark's record is 123 feet 7 inches, made in the autumn games, so that he promises to be a point winner. Connor and Hennen can each throw the hammer about 110 feet. However, if we hope to do well in this event against Pennsylvania, more heavy men will have to come out to make competition more lively...
...central point of the next lecture will be Gogol and the genesis of the Russian naturalistic school, of which Tourgenev, Dostoyevsky, and Leo Tolstoy are the chief representatives...