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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Furlong found no clew to the position of the boat in documents, but from a chance acquaintance, whose father had seen the event. There remained of the hull only the ribs and keel two fathoms deep in sand and covered with fossilized matter
...last the condition of the Field has made it possible for the baseball team to practice outdoors, and much improvement may already be seen. The games played during the week resulted as follows: Yale, 4, Tufts, 0; Yale, 0, Amherst, 1; Yale, 3, New York National League, 10. In these games, the university team played well at times, but lack of practice was apparent. Some new pitching material has been found in the freshman class, and as all but one of last year's pitchers are back again that department is exceptionally bright...
...took a long walk. With his walking stick tucked under his arm, and his hands deep in his coat pockets, he came from University Hall and left the Yard with his long swinging stride. He never failed to attend morning prayers, and promptly at 8.45 he was to be seen walking across the lawn toward the Chapel, where he always occupied the same...
...called the Correlation of Forces, and which is now termed Transformation of Energy. I never left him without a mental stimulus which led me either to differ or reflect. His mind was like an electrical discharge in a tube of rarified gas, a flash light, enormously suggestive. He was seen at his best in some meeting of earnest men, unlearned, but men of affairs, capable of grasping fundamental ideas. There he was the scientific protagonist bringing the truths and sublimity of science down to the comprehension of humanity; and a journey in his company from Boston to New York realized...
...Hinckley, continuing the debate for the affirmative, said: We have already seen that street railways are public utilities, and as such should be regulated for the public good. This would be brought about by municipal ownership, which would result not only in better and more efficient service, as shown by our first speaker, but would also be a distinct economic advantage to New York City...