Word: summering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Metabolism. In autumn and winter, the thyroid glands of pigeons enlarged and the pigeons' eggs were predominantly male. In spring and summer, small thyroids, female pigeons. One female, after hatching many clutches, actually turned male, sired a brood. (The significance of this research was that the thyroid principle, thyroxin, appeared to be more fundamentally connected with sex determination than the sex-cell chromosomes-Dr. Oscar Riddle, Carnegie Institute...
Hitherto, no seaplane has flown for more than 15 hours at a time. Yet, this summer, U. S. navy fliers propose to go from San Diego to Honolulu, something over 2,000 miles-at least 20 hours-in a single hop. And Frenchmen propose to capture the Raymond Orteig prize of $25,000 for a continuous Paris-New York flight...
What may be one of the greatest innovations in the American stage today will be the result of a theatrical experiment which has recently been initiated by Hamilton McFadden '21. The experiment will be started during the coming summer when a group of players, known as the "American Theatre Company Incorporated", opens its season at the Empire Theatre in Salem...
...student who is going into part time work or a summer position with a business house should realize that his value to his employer, his advancement, in fact, his very future will be tremendously affected by the way in which he handles the apparently insignificant tasks which are given...
...time to come out, since the business board requires at least four men from every class and at the present time there are no Freshmen on the board. The competition will last for 11 weeks, continuing over into next fall. No work will be required of candidates during the summer, however, and only a minimum during examination periods...