Word: short
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Perhaps the easiest method to follow in giving a short account of the activities of a laboratory is to describe the arrangement of the rooms and the uses to which they are put. The eastern end of the 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...
...second relay race with Pennsylvania was staged at the I. C. A. A. A. A. indoor meet in New York, but here again the short distance team, composed of H. W. Minot '17, T. R. Pennypacker '16, W. Willcox, Jr., '17, and W. J. Bingham '16, was defeated by the Pennsylvania quartet, due to Meredith's good head work...
...yard short distance team has a record of only three defeats out of six races run. Their first race with Technology was easily won, each man gaining on his opponent. The relay with Cornell, at the B. A. A. games, was more exciting and was won chiefly through the great work of Captain Bingham. The time, 3 minutes 6 1-5 seconds, was very fast. The University team for these races was: E. A. Teschner '17, T. R. Pennypacker '16, W. Willcox, Jr., '17, and W. J. Bingham...
Professor Copeland will give his second reading in the dining-room of the Union this evening at 9 o'clock. He will read selections from the works of Sir James Barrie and of O. Henry. The reading will be opened with a short address on Barrie and his place in English literature. The doors will be closed promptly at 9 o'clock...
...forced to admit that I have met some of the so-called Harvard indifference. Many of the men have shown their skill in other forms of athletics and are eligible track material, yet no amount of persuasion can induce them to come to the field and work for one short hour each...