Word: powderly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact that in Europe, especially in Germany, millions of dollars are annually expended in industrial chemical research. In America, too, although to a lesser extent, this side of technical chemistry is receiving increasing attention as the large research laboratories of the General Electric Company and the Du Pont Powder Company and many similar smaller laboratories show. This research has led to such results as the discovery of carborundum, the artificial production of indigo and caoutchouc, the development of the coal-tar industry, the electrical production of nitric acid from the air, and the practical synthesis of ammonia from its elements...
...afternoon was soft and in places covered with large puddles, in spite of which, however, some of the times were very good. In the mile run G. Dougherty of Exeter secured first place in 4 minutes, 37 seconds, which was fast time considering the conditions. C. A. Rice of Powder Point won both the 100 and 220-yard dashes, making the former through the mud in 10 and 2-5 seconds. The only record broken was in the field events, which were held in the Baseball Cage, R. H. Hitchcock of Exeter and H. Reed of Manchester High tieing...
...twenty-eighth annual Harvard interscholastic track meet held in the Stadium Saturday afternoon was won by Exeter Academy with 27 17-30 points. Andover was second with 30 1-6 points, and the scores of the other schools were as follows: Worcester Academy, 10 1-3; Powder Point, 10; Maine Central High, 5; Worcester Classical, 4 1-5; Manchester High (N. H.), 4; Lawrence High, 4; Portland High, 1; Lynn English High, 1; Noble and Greenough, 1-3; Wakefield High, 1-5; and Huntington School, 1-5. The feature of the meet was the pre-dominance of Exeter and Andover...
...highest individual point winners of the meet were C. A. Rice of Powder Point School and C. Rodman of Andover, both securing two first places in the dashes and hurdles, respectively...
...schoolboy indoor, track and field championships will be held this afternoon in Mechanics Building, Boston, at 2.30 o'clock. The dashes, in particular, are expected to be fast and closely contested, for such sprinters as Teschner, of Exeter, Sharpe of Worcester, Rice of Powder Point, and McCarthy of Boston College High, are entered. There are also a large number of relay races scheduled, some of which will be exceedingly close...