Word: uses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...these is to build removable steel stands which could be taken down after the football season is over. This system, according to Mr. Bingham, is in use at present at the athletic field of the University of Chicago where the temporary stands seat 30,000 people and are taken down when not needed...
...question of what to do with the Stadium, which confronts the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports at its meeting tonight, involves no consideration permanence. The time is not far distant when the present concrete Stadium will be structurally unfit for use. When that time comes, there will arise the problem which can be met only by a new athletic plant. Whether the solution of the immediate difficulty employs concrete stands or steel, the temporary character of the settlement cannot be overlooked...
...believe that if more of the Protestant Churches throughout the country would arrange their buildings, so that their members could make use of them seven days of the week, instead of on special service days, they would attract more to their cause and would allow for the worship of God by those who desire to do so during the week for prayerful meditation and quietude in the sanctuary...
...second place the tank will be of use in the study of labor under specialized conditions, such as those encountered in tunnel construction, caisson building, altitude flying, and other trades where workers must endure abnormal atmospheric changes. Bicycles and rowing machines will be installed to measure the quantity of work a man can accomplish under varying conditions...
...grew worse, until, at the peak of the period of sun spot activity, called the Sunspot Maximum, the radio signals reached their weakest point. Likewise, when the spots on the sun were fewest and weakest, the radio reception was best. For the measurement of radio reception we have made use of a superhetrodyne receiver with multiple stage amplification together with a self-recording galvanometer. A local oscillator with controlled output makes possible the exact calibration of the entire receiving circuit prior to each night's observations," Professor Stetson continued...