Word: slating
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...their action. And these men are found in every college class. Yet we are loath to believe that there are many men in ninety-four who have not sufficient manliness about them to sink their own little ambitions in the welfare of the class. If the wirepulling and slate-making affected the class alone the harm would not be so great, but the influence does not stop with the class. If a slate is practically elected before it is really elected, if certain athletes get certain places and men from various societies take the rest and the whole thing...
...Brokaw Building fair progress has been made, when the small number of men at work is taken into consideration. The entire building, including the swimming pool, is under cover, and the eupola on the main building is about completed and ready for the slate. The upper flooring is finished and the walls are ready for lathing and plastering...
...finch family - is about the size of a Robin but of stouter build, with short neck. a round head and thick strong bill. The colors vary with age and sex. In immaturity the prevailing tints are yellowish brown, or bronze as it as often termed, and ash or slate gray. Mature females are of a rich yellowish bronze and ash while old males wear a rosy tint which sometimes changes to deep carmin, on head, rump and breast...
Geological Conference. Papers by Mr. G. W. Tower, "The Intrusive Rocks at Lowell." Mr. H. B. Goodrich, "The Dorchester and West Roxbury Slate." Mr. L. S. Griswold, "A Ratio between the Corrosive and Erosive Processes in the Triassic Region of Connecticut," Geological Laboratory...
...halls are already completed with the exception of the lighting fixtures. The stairways leading from the different floors are complete, the steps being made out of thick slate. In each roomis a large steam heating arrangement and also an automatic ventilator. In the basement are the machines, such as hydraulic presses, lathes, motors, etc. The boiler rooms and heating apparatus which is to supply the heat in the building is practically completed, and fires have been kept going in the furnaces for the past ten days. The addition to the building in the northeast corner is the least finished part...