Word: signal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor Lyman was active in the World War. In 1917 he was captain of aviation in the signal reserve corps, and later became a major in the United States engineers. He saw service with the American Expeditionary Force, being an expert in flash and sound ranging...
Randall, brilliant signal-caller, Mishel, Jones, Lawrence, and Eisenberg are all ready to face Harvard after a week of light work. Tawle and Smith, substitute ends that faced Boston University on Saturday, played their ends like veterans, and promise to be valuable relief men for Captain Stifler and Broda...
...Pere Marquette Railroad announced successful experiments with an automatic train control similar to the device announced by the Chicago & Northwestern a month ago ( TIME, Oct. 5). Electro-magnetic waves flow into the rails, are picked up by coils under the locomotive's pilot or cowcatcher," condensed, transmitted to signal devices in the engineer's cab. If the engineer is incapacitated or heedless, the current proceeds to operate controls, braking, throttling, halting the train. The incoming signals are despatched automatically by the block towers along the line and keep engineers informed of the condition of each block of track...
...Since the Grim Reaper continued to elude him, Mr. Bowman thought of a scheme. He built a flagpole over his grave and attached a flag and halyard. When he feels life departing, he will crawl into the coffin, raise the flag, and the people in the valley, knowing his signal, will climb the hill and shovel the earth over...
...University band will form in front of Widener at 3 o'clock today, and will march through the Yard and the dormitory district on its way to the Stadium. While in the Stadium, the students will witness the final University signal drill...