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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...furnish a trip for some minor team when the courts upon which about 400 men play daily are in such unfit condition and so inadequate to meet the demand. Two things ought certainly to be done: first, to put the present courts into suitable condition, and then to build more. Aside from the question of providing exercise for the largest possible number of men, the principles of equity demand this change...
What is more, ship-subsidies are declared class legislation by many state constitutions; and they have been repeatedly declared so by the U. S. Supreme Court. They involve taking the people's money, and giving it to private individuals, to build up private fortunes. Such a use of public money is unjustifiable...
...need of a new bridge requires no comment, for we are all familiar with the unsightly patchwork structure which now leads to the Stadium. But there are two obstacles which stand in the way of building a bridge without a draw. These are the riparian rights of the Brighton Abattoir and of the Watertown Arsenal. It is altogether possible that the abattoir's license may be withheld this year, as the section in which it is located is becoming thickly populated; in this case it is not unlikely that the War Department will permit the construction of a bridge without...
...philanthropist, doing good in his quiet way, but with no ungenerous hand. His contributions to Harvard were countless and unstinted. "The immense University Museum, costly in the monetary sense, and absolutely unreplaceable for its carefully gathered specimens, is almost totally owing to him. The money he put out to build and enlarge it he would scorn to have mentioned. But no monument would suit him better than its curious and precious contents which were his life work and his life-long...
President Lowell`s plan is to build four dormitories, each to accommodate about 150 students, and having between them a common dining room and smoking room. In every dormitory the price of suites will vary so that the present difficulty of rich and poor sections will be eliminated. Each dormitory will have its own teams in all branches of sport and these will compete against each other...