Word: wateringly
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...well founded complaint has come to us from many quarters relative to the poor condition of the bath accommodations of the gymnasium. It has happened not merely once, but many times, of late that the supply of hot water was entirely exhausted so that men were left the choice of waiting half an hour for a warm water bath, or of bathing at the time in cold water. Now all this would be pardonable if the gymnasium were poorly or insufficiently equipped; but when such excellent facilities are at hand as those we have the case is decidedly different...
Another matter, too, relative to the gymnasium demands attention. The cement dripping floor just outside the shower-bath is not kept in proper condition. The outlet for the waste water is often stopped, and the floor itself sometimes far from cleanly. In this state of affairs something should be done. A little work would remedy the difficulties, but continued carelessness makes them only more obnoxious...
...Cornell freshmen will, for the first time, put an eight-oared crew on the water in the spring. It is said that they intend to challenge the Harvard freshmen...
...grass in the western part is excellent for grazing purposes. The rainfall in this region is from 10 to 15 inches per year, while 23 inches are necessary for profitable agriculture. The snow in the mountains, however, fills the streams and brooks, and although a great deal of the water is wasted, a large amount of it is used to great advantage by irrigation. Reservoirs are being built in case these streams dry up, and thus millions and millions of acres are being reclaimed...
...southern California and along the Rio Grande irrigation is carried on very scientifically and advantageously. The method used at present is to tap a stream up in the mountains; water is led off by long canals down into the valleys, and each farmer in turn taps the canal to irrigate his land. The laterals are at times but 100 feet apart, and the water flowing through them moistens all the intervening ground...