Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Shanghai was picked as the home of the school. An almost permanent agreement was made with the Chinese Red Cross Society, whereby the school was given the use of the Society's buildings. There is a main building containing offices, laboratories, lecture rooms and a small private hospital. Another building, a dormitory, is to be changed into a hospital, and replaced by a still larger dormitory. These facts show the kindly feeling of the Chinese to this American school...
President Maclaurin, as first speaker of the evening, then arose and after a graceful tribute to the University began to speak on the recent agreement from the point of view of Technology. The agreement is the "greatest thing that has happened in educational circles for many a long day," in fact one of the greatest achievements of modern times inasmuch as it is the building up of an institution of unparalleled power in benefiting the community...
...Agreement Between Independents...
President Maclaurin explained that the union is "an agreement between independents." It does not involve the absorption of one corporation by another. Each is as free as ever to lay down any regulations it pleases, whether in the selection of courses or in their administration...
Harvard's work in engineering will in the future be carried on by the Institute of Technology. The giving of all instruction in engineering will be entrusted to the faculty of the Institute. In this agreement, Harvard and Technology make known to the world their belief in the combination of a practical and scientific training. As an educator of high school graduates and foreign students, Technology has always been in the front rank. Although it has also striven to benefit college graduates and all sorts of men, the combination of the two colleges will increase the cosmopolitanism and democracy...