Word: repair
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...coast defense plan which the patrol hopes to have established as a part of our preparedness program provides for dividing the Atlantic coast line into sections of convenient length, probably a hundred miles each, each section having a central station equipped with aeroplane hangars, repair stations, wireless stations, and observatories. These stations are to be used as bases for seaplanes which will patrol regular beats fifty miles out from shore. In this way the outer line of our coast defense will be extended fifty miles out into the Atlantic...
...basement of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory is occupied by the machine shop, the carpenter shop and the glassblower's room. This department may be said to be the heart of the laboratory, for it is here that the instruments used in the courses are kept in repair and it is here that the special apparatus for investigation is constructed. The northeastern part of the basement contains the excellent new mounting for the twenty-one foot concave grating, together with other apparatus necessary for the study of problems in spectrum analysis and magneto optics. The electric current used in this work...
...afternoon was won by F. W. Hatch of Medford High School with a flight of 34 3-5 seconds. There were 19 model aeroplanes entered by Harvard, M. I. T. and preparatory school students. The strong winds drove many of the machines to the ground, some being shattered beyond repair. None of the University entries placed in the meet, although the flights made by E. H. Beane '17 and M. Blanchard '18 were successful considering that their models were designed more for speed than duration of flight...
They have the honor, the athletic honor, of Harvard to guard. But you men who are going down to Princeton as a cheering corps--you also in President Lowell's words, "have the honor of your University to guard. You can do more harm than many athletic teams can repair." You have no tiger to fight neither in Princeton nor in New York City. You will be watched--particularly if you do anything that should not be seen. For the honor of your College--for that very reason that you go there...
...very proficient in avoiding them and destroy the grass rapidly. They remind us of the elm tree beetles that have destroyed the Yard elms, only the beetles don't know any better. The University has trouble enough with these ignorant pests without having to waste time and money to repair the damage done by the knowing but careless...