Word: piping
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Warm water during the winter season is one of the innovations which will be enjoyed hereafter in the Randolph Gymnasium swimming pool. This has become possible owing to the recent discovery of an old pipe line which runs close by the gymnasium from one of the heating plants. This has been repaired and a connection made between it and the pool, thus enabling the management to keep the water at a more normal temperature in the future...
...background. So far, this year's extra hospitality has been misspent for, instead of appreciating such kindness, the underclassman has taken the attitude that no activity, college or social, can exist without him. And so, haughty and proud of his supposed fame, like the "rah-rah boy" posters, pipe in mouth, he struts through the Yard sometimes even condescending to answer the greeting of the upperclassman. To say that this is true of all present Freshmen is of course absurd. There are many who stick to old traditions and behave as they should, but these pass unnoticed in the shadow...
Harvard beer in bottle, ginger ale and sarsaparilla will slake the burning thirst of the class. Cigarettes, pipe tobacco, crackers and cheese, will also be provided. All members of 1919 will be allowed to attend, whether or not they belong to the Union. The doors will not be opened until 8 o'clock...
...startling and forceful way, Mr. Sunday reminded the many undergraduates in his audience that "it takes more than a mortar board cap, a diploma, a fraternity pin and a bull-dog pipe to make a man. You can't expect to get an education out of a four-years' college course. You just get started. Keep at it all your life and you will get part of an education if you are among the successful. Don't build your character like a woman fixes a sewing machine--removing everything that should be left stationary and putting oil on the belt...
Perhaps the most interesting feature in the construction of the stage is the steam curtain. A pipe will extend across the entire front and whenever a curtain is needed the steam will be released from openings in the pipe, forming a curtain-like cloud from the foot of the stage, rising to a height of 40 to 50 feet. The effect will be that of a drop curtain...