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...unusual series of experiments is now being carried on in the Botanical Gardens by Mr. L. A. Scott '04, on forcing plants with alkaloids. Dr. Johansen, of Copenhagen, discovered that by treating certain dormant shrubs, or plants out of season, with ether, and then forcing them in a hot house, they would flower from eighteen to twenty days before the usual time. With this end in view Mr. Scott has performed a series of experiments with other alkaloids on different plants, with general success. He found that by treating the cotton plant with ether, it germinated before the control...
...recent eruption, read a paper on "The Preservation of Human Life in Volcanic Lands." He divided his subject into two considerations--how to preserve life when danger is imminent, and how to warn people of probable explosions. In most volcanic outbursts, persons are killed by a steam blast, falling hot material, a sea wave, or a wind high enough to overset masonry. Some theory of protection against these forces may be found by inquiring into the cases of persons who have been saved from these dangers. Dr. Jaggar explained at some length the celebrated cases of the prisoner...
...second. Stillman hit out. Clarkson got his base on balls; and Randall was hit by the ball. This put three men on base, but Pennsylvania steadied down and retired the next two batters. In the ninth, with two out, White walked to first and Swain singled. Orbin batted a hot grounder between first and second and it looked as if Pennsylvania would score, but Skilton ran and dived for the ball, scooped it up with one hand and tossed it over to first, retiring the runner and side...
...dust to accumulate there are no corners in the building; the usual angles have been rounded off. The heating and ventilation system is of the newest and most efficient type, and provides for freeing the air from all dust by taking it through cheesecloth. The building is heated by hot-air, except for the corridors which are heated by steam and hot water radiators...
...principally because that was the distance rowed by Oxford and Cambridge; but I wish to point out that the Oxford-Cambridge race is rowed in March in cold weather, while our race comes at end of June, so that the contest and the final period of preparation come in hot weather, and while the men are having their final examinations, which makes the strain much more severe...