Word: rating
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...SALE.- A rowing shell in first rate condition...
...SALE.- A rowing shell in first rate condition...
...except its copious clippings from the Christian Union. The first editorial discusses the football question in a spirit hardly compatible with the principles of fair play laid down by Harvard. The writer urges that our position should be maintained simply because we have adopted it, and concludes: "At any-rate whatever happens-since Harvard has taken a certain course we think men ought not to make fun of it but defend it, and bear in mind the words of Mr. Bacon, 'Harvard, may she always be right, but Harvard, right or wrong.' " This savors too much...
...being made in this direction. The temperature in each room is regulated by dampers worked by compressed air, which in turn are governed by electricity, so that the temperature is controlled automatically and kept constant. A large blower in the basement delivers air to the different rooms at the rate of 24,000 cubic feet a minute, and is the amount this air is heated which determines the temperature. In this way there is a constant current of fresh air passing through the rooms, and yet their temperature remains unchanged. All that has to be done...
...though it has far less influence in some than in others. In regard to alcohol, German testimony is more conflicting; and beer is still given in the military schools, but there is little doubt that its effect is injurious rather than other wise. Before middle life, at any rate, it should be merely medicine and taken in extreme moderation. In regard to ventilation it may be said that certain recitation rooms in Harvard are very poorly ventilated, worse than the worst in Tewksbury. The Kidder Technology building was erected with a special view to good ventilation, and the instructors feel...