Word: screws
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...feature of the game, the scrimmage. The eight forwards on each side lock arms over the ball, while the two halfbacks oppose each other shoulder to shoulder. An arch is thus formed and the ball tossed in. The players may then do one of three things, push straight ahead, "screw the scrum," or heel the ball out altogether. In either of the first two cases, the object is to break away and dribble the ball. Dribbling consists of rushing the ball down the field by a series of short kicks along the ground. In the third case, if the ball...
...heating and ventilating system, electric wiring, and plumbing of Robinson Hall contribute an interesting, illustrated account of the somewhat unusual features of the heating and ventilating system in that building. Professor C. A. Adams continues his article on "Armature Drop and Regulation of Alternators," from the November issue. "Screw Propellers," by E. B. Edwards '98, S.B. '00, and "The Value of Methods of Approximation," by V. R. Worcester '82, are the two remaining articles of the number...
...brass. She is 51 feet long, with pointed stern, two cock pits, the forward one being slightly larger than that of the Frank Thomson. She has a Roberts boiler and a self-oiling engine, large coal lockers and a capacity for carrying 250 gallons of water. Her screw makes 50 more revolutions per minute than that of the Frank Thomson and her speed is guaranteed at 14 knots. An official trial to determine this will take place in the Easter recess. She turns in the same space as the Frank Thomson, but leaves less wake to trouble passing crews...