Word: ascertain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...movement has been set in motion by a committee, appointed by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, to ascertain the feasibility of co-operation between the large universities and the representative business establishments of the country, in regard to industrial research and business conditions. In explanation of this movement the Yale News prints the following letter from the United States Chamber of Commerce...
...effort to ascertain to what extent the large universities may co-operate with the representative business establishments of the country in the mater of industrial research, the directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States have voted that the questions involved be referred to its. Committee on Education or to a special committee. It was further ordered that the subject be taken up with educational institutions for the purpose of ascertaining the extent to which these institutions may be interested...
...stock, the profit from each article, the expenses of delivery, number of helpers, and so forth. The co-operator answers these questions faithfully and then mails them back to the Bureau. The figures are next compared with the averages of the other accounts, and it is possible to ascertain the developments in which the individual retailer is making or is losing money. The Bureau will then communicate with the retailer, and advise him just what improvements he should make by showing him in what branches he is falling below the standard of the trade. A great deal of help...
...during the period that they were connected with the school too at least one course in design, 58 returned letters which had been sent out in and effort to ascertain certain facts about the nature and productivity of their business. Thirty-two of the men are landscape architect in independent practice, 16 are assistants in offices of landscape architect and 4 are otherwise connected with the profession, while 6 are not in the profession at all. Of the 61 men, 27 received professional degrees from the School. The 11 men who received the M. L. A. degree average...
...number of Juniors have not returned the postal cards which the 1916 Senior Dormitory Committee sent out in order to ascertain the number of Juniors who anticipate rooming in the Yard next year. Of those returned a few did not bear the signature of the sender, thus rendering them useless. The Committee asks all Juniors to pay prompt attention to this matter...