Word: space
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...doing damage, because they are not convincing. Nobody takes them seriously. A joke on ourselves is to be laughed at--when it is a good joke. But when invention tires, and the articles become fiat repetitions we do yawn a little and wonder why the editors allow such obvious space-fillers to clutter up their columns.--The Yale News
...joint auspices of the University Engineering and Areonautical Societies, Professor E. P. Warner '16 of Technology declared that the outstanding need of commercial aviation in this country is the whole-hearted assistance of the press. "In England", said Professor Warner, "the daily papers devote a great deal of space in their editorial and news columns to aviation. In America we never read a word about the subject except when there is an accident. The good points of commercial aviation are not brought before the public, and until this is done the scheme will not be successful in the United States...
...will deny that the suggestion of a "Roosevelt House" brought forward by the Roosevelt Memorial Committee of University alumni is the best plan so far proposed. It would not only furnish an interesting and attractive room for undergraduates, but would also provide the University with some much needed floor space...
...regular thing, the situation is entirely changed. Yet the statute lingers on. As a result, two men may still "inhabit" a room in Stoughton or Hollis, or four men in two connecting rooms. That is, four men share study and a bedroom together. On the other hand, the same space divided into a study and two bedrooms, on of them often large enough to be classed as "double", must, in the other Yard dormitories, be occupied by not more than two students. These suites, with their separate sleeping quarters, are capable of holding three men with far less congestion than...
...present plan calls for the erection of stables on an unused portion of Soldiers Field sometime within the next few months, probably during the summer vacation. Provision will be made for all the horses of the unit, and for the materiel, trucks, and other equipment. Space for equitation will also be provided. A bridle path near the proposed site furnishes a place for students to ride, while on mounted passes. It is probable that the enlisted detachment will also be quartered near the stables...