Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...business circles, however, it is freely pointed out that the Government may lose by the cancellation. If the leases are advantageous, to cancel them is a loss. And some of the works, begun for the Government, notably those at Pearl Harbor, will, it is said, be destroyed by weather, tides, etc., 'if the Doheny companies are prevented from completing them rapidly. The result would be a loss of several million dollars of Government property...
...climbers will be equipped this year with a special oxygen apparatus, modified in the light of the previous experience. It was found on the second expedition that while there is a practicable route to the top, favorable weather is the all-important factor. Three separate attempts were made from the base camp, but all were seriously impeded by bad weather and in one an avalanche killed seven of the native porters...
...Cunarder Laconia and other large liners have recently tried out the Sperry gyro-pilot, a device which automatically steers 50% better than the human hand. The mechanism depends upon the rotation of the earth, and saves much of the wear and tear on the ship in rough weather...
...While the facilities for outdoor exercise are not wholly adequate, contemplated improvements will soon make them quite satisfactory. However, the same cannot be said with reference to the indoor equipment. New England weather is such that the student who wants to take regular exercise and get it by participating in some game or other is almost forced to depend upon the use of indoor facilities during about six months of the college year. The policy of free election of exercise for Freshmen has worked so well that it is now impossible to accommodate all the students who would welcome...
...insect ravage. In the past, an exceedingly cold winter in the eastern cotton belt has usually been followed by several years of good crops. The boll weevil, while apparently able to grow fat on the arsenic compounds with which the cotton plant is sprayed, cannot endure extreme cold weather. Whether the recent cold spell was long enough to seriously hurt the weevil is the real question...