Word: small
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Small, T. L., manufacturing...
Except for the fact that the membership has fallen off to a small extent, the ninth year of the Union has been a success. A few minor changes have been made in the plant, but on the whole the Union has been run in the same manner as in former years. The patronage of the restaurant is still not great enough to cover expenses, and the treasurer's annual report showed that over one-half the total loss for the year was due to this cause...
...under construction for over two months. It is a biplane of the Wright type, but with new devices of its own. It has no rear planes. Up and down motion as well as transverse stability is governed by two transverse planes on the front of the machine; and a small triangular plane, also in front, gives lateral direction. The levers for control of elevation are held in either hand of the operator, and the rope governing the lateral plane is controlled by the movements of his body...
...months the machine has been under construction and has finally been completed in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles. The limited nature of the society's resources has proved a most serious restraint upon the constructors. The entire cost has been made to come well below $300, an astonishingly small sum in comparison with the prices demanded by the companies regularly engaged in the manufacture of aeroplanes. Financial embarrassment caused one of the firms engaged in preparing the wooden members to give up the work, and this resulted in additional expense and delay to the Aeronautical Society...
...have been sent out to Seniors. This library has been a source of considerable aid to a large number of members of the University who find it difficult to purchase all books needed in their courses. The serviceableness of the library has been seriously limited, however, by the relatively small number of volumes it contains. It is hoped that the usefulness of this depository will be considerably increased at this time, and the committee will gladly call for even a single volume, or, if preferred, books may be brought directly to the Brooks House...