LeTourneau University offered less grant aid to undergraduates than both the average private not-for-profit 4 year college in Texas and the average college in Texas. Similarly, fewer undergraduates took out federal student loans than the average private not-for-profit 4 year college in Texas, but more than the average college in Texas.
E.E. Hoag used these feathers to invent the first feather duster. Using a short broom stick and splitting the feathers with a pocket knife, the duster was found to be too stiff for use. In 1874, the Hoag Duster Company was founded, which became a pioneer of feather dusters in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Did Hypatia invent the Astrolabe? With Hypatia's work rendered to dust, it is difficult to definitively say she invented the astrolabe or other mechanical gadgets. Several sources of her history note that much of what is written about her is fiction.