Word: transmitted
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...about last year. The long existence and the constant activity and success of the Natural History Society show the possibilities of any of these new societies when skilfully managed. Such societies have generally died because either the immediate members avoided assuming any responsibility, or there was a failure to transmit the interest to succeeding classes. The hearty interest and co-operation of instructors does much towards overcoming the latter difficulty, and the former can be overcome by a steady recognition of the fact that no society, whatever its ends, can be kept alive without active and constant work...
...before the college world. The paper is large, and the matter rather heavy, but good on the whole. We find in it an interesting account of the invention of a new process of telegraphy. Professor Bell, of Boston University, is the inventor, and "he is able to transmit the sounds of the human voice by means of induced vibrations in an electric current. The pitch and quality of the voice and the sounds of the vowels are transmitted perfectly, and part of the consonants are so distinct as to be easily recognizable. The Professor brought out an invention last fall...
...number of cables between University and the other buildings in the yard. There will be a man always in attendance at the central station in University, who will send notice of probable cuts to all the buildings, notice of the probable absence of the monitors from prayers; will transmit notices posted on the bulletin-boards, notices of privates, publics, special probations, and suspensions; and efforts are being made to have parietals transmitted in the same way. The subjects of forensics will be sent to absentees. All conferences with the Dean can be held by cable, and full lists of answers...