Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...death of William E. Quinn, the Harvard track team has lost a trainer endowed with unusual personal athletic attainment and with the still rarer power of developing the abilities of others. Of his loyalty and devotion to Harvard, pathetic proof was given to those who watched the cheery grit with which he hobbled to the field even after he was already suffering severely from the disease which finally caused his death. In him, Harvard has lost a notable trainer and a faithful friend...
...facade, which adds greatly to the external appearance of the building, is three stories high, and lends harmony to the whole structure. Every effort has been made to make the building thoroughly fire-proof. The desks are of steel with asbestos tops, and all the fittings non-inflammable. The metal cases containing the collections are air tight to guard against dampness and dust. The central portion, wherein a part of the specimens must be stored for lack of room elsewhere, is now the only section which presents any menace through fire
...basement are the thermostatic heating plant, a laboratory for work at a very constant temperature, a fire-proof room for the storing of inflamable chemicals and a filtering plant and fan. The basement proper contains a laboratory for high temperature work, a highly efficient dark-room, a storage battery room, an unpacking room, a janitor's room and a mechanician's room...
...which nearly all the universities of the West have enjoyed during the past decade, it is of interest to note that the eastern universities have nevertheless increased at a more rapid rate in the divisions outside those in which they are located than in their own divisions. A further proof of the more local nature of the western institutions is found in a comparison of the position which state representation occupies in relation to total enrollment in both the eastern and western universities. For example, the largest percentage among the eastern universities of enrollment from its own state over total...
...injection, and then allowed them to be bitten by the stable flies. These flies then bit other monkeys, and after various difficulties, it was found that in six cases out of twelve the animals were infected. The principle was now confirmed by further experimentation at Washington and the proof that the fly carries the virus was made complete...