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...sailed for Siam on October 28, to serve as legal adviser to the King of Siam, has been appointed a member of the Hague International Tribunal of Arbitration. This tribunal is composed of two representatives from each country; Professor Strobel has been appointed one of the representatives from Slam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Strobel on Hague Tribunal. | 12/4/1903 | See Source »

...CRIMSON some weeks ago had occasion to refer to the annoying manner in which men, especially freshmen, begin to shuffle their feet and slam their note-book covers five minutes before the close of recitations in some of the larger courses. As Ninety-three has grown older an improvement has been observable in this respect. But one practice remains, which, if possible, is still more annoying than the one just mentioned. We mean the practice, unfortunately not confined to Ninetythree, of leaving the lecture room during the hour. The disturbance occasioned by only one man's leaving the room while...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/19/1890 | See Source »

...which few have made mention of, thinking it no doubt too small a matter, is the annoyance, if not danger, caused by the swinging doors in Sever Hall. We can never tell when we enter whether at that moment some one will not be coming out and so slam the door in our face. This is especially grievous, as the two steps in front of the door give an impetus to the push which the goer-out gives to the door, preparatory to jumping down these steps, and often cause the goer-in to experience the spicy relish of being...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/5/1886 | See Source »

...alarm clock with a system of weights and pulleys, and these again with his stove door, so that when the machine was wound up and properly adjusted it could, at the precise moment agreed upon, ring a bell, wind up a spool, drop a weight, rattle a chair, slam shut the stove door and open the draft, all in a jiffy and without extra charge. P - has resolved to outdo this arrangement, and is now engaged on a machine to go by electricity, to be connected with a thermometer and regulate the temperature of the room, so that the room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 2/23/1883 | See Source »

...heard Lyon's door slam. I also heard hasty footsteps down the stairs. I looked on the table. There were his hat and cane, but where was the money? I rushed over to Lyon's room, and pounded on the door. He shouted out, "Who's there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POOLS. | 6/1/1877 | See Source »

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