Word: extent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...results or irrigation are surprising, as can be proved by the immense amount invested in these canals. There are more than 12000 miles of canals, with 300,000 miles of laterals, an investment of over $100,000,000. Alfalfa is cultivated to a great extent on ranches, and where formerly forty acres of grazing ground were needed for one head of stock, now one acre of alfalfa supplies food for two and a half heads...
...subject of our athletics. The latest and worst example of the views to which I refer is to be found in the first editorial of the issue of December 13th. By those who are not on the spot and who may therefore think that the Advocate represents to some extent, college sentiment, this will perhaps be taken as an expression of undergraduate opinion-and it is deplorable that it should be so. No college paper since my connection with the college has ever shown such a conspicuous lack of the patriotism, the manliness and the modesty which will, I believe...
...been found necessary to remodel the dark room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory. The sun, beating on the south side of the building, raises the temperature of the dark room to such an extent as to cause a variation in the length of light waves, thus interfering with experiments...
...contests are to be decided in court and not by legislatures; in court a man can get the best possible hearing, and is bound to have his case decided on its own merits, a thing legislatures do not always do. The penalty for bribery is increased to a great extent so that a candidate returned unfairly can be unseated and a new election held...
...obtained during the year without difficulty. The professors of Harvard college still offer their services freely, and the members of the faculty in the different departments interest them selves in making each course of study full and well balanced. The college library has been used to even a greater extent than usual during the year, and the librarian and his assistants have offered the students many advantages in carrying on their work. The reference library has increased through the influence of the library committee, and by the generosity of friends, and it now numbers 2893 volumes, many of which...