Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...temper of Argentina as he had found it. After touching upon the civic splendors he had been shown, he asked permission "to sound a convincing note of faith and hope in the future of humanity." He described himself to his hearers: "It has been no part of mine to build castles of the future but rather to measure the experiments, the actions and the progress of men through the cold and uninspiring microscope of fact, statistics and performance." Then he said he really believed that "the Western World stands upon the threshold of a new era of advancement...
Ground will be broken next week for the new million dollar gymnasium, although the Athletic Association at present has only enough funds to build the first three floors of the proposed four story structure, according to an announcement given out this morning by W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics. Eager to avail themselves of the money now on hand, and prompted by the pressing need for better facilities for indoor sports, the authorities have decided to take this step toward replacing the antiquated Hemenway Gymnasium...
Under the present plan of the committee the first three floors will be constructed in accordance with the original scheme, and if by the time of their completion, sufficient funds are not forthcoming from some alumnus or other friend of the college, to build the top floor, a temporary roof will be placed over the structure, leaving the construction of the basketball court until more funds are available. The committee feels that the need for the new swimming pool is too urgent to hold up the plans longer, since the funds on hand are already sufficient to complete that section...
...Tribune, and pastor of the Central Congregational Church in Brooklyn. Before the convention opened he spoke briefly in Manhattan to the effect that he did not plan to accept $25,000 yearly to preach over the radio and to the effect that too many Protestant dollars are used to build hideous churches...
...this best and biggest trainpuller, however, the U. S. locomotive industry is now completing its poorest year in recent history. Locomotives are a drug on the market. During the first seven months of 1928, U. S. railroads placed orders for only 171 locomotives.-But Baldwin Locomotive Works alone can build 3,000 locomotives a year. The railroads are not in the market for any new equipment that they can get along without, and they can easily get along without new locomotives. For they have now in storage some 6,900 engines. Many of these engines are aged, inefficient; but most...