Word: buildings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Figures are quoted con and hopes are advanced pro on the barnacle-bottomed question of whether or not the Government should stay in the shipping business and continue in that (so far) ineffective way to try to build up the U. S. merchant marine. Last week the question remained as derelict as ever, but the U. S. Shipping Board took a definite step which apparently vexed no one very much. It sold the U. S. entirely out of the shipping business on the Pacific Coast...
...raising the funds for a war memorial chapel. Mr. Burr's statement read as follows: "In regard to the report of the New York committee I have decided not to say anything now. But I have been able to consult other members of the committee on raising funds to build a University church which have now reached a total of $750,000 and it is probable that a definite statement will be made later...
...lecture in the ballroom of the Hotel Statier. This will be Commander Byrd's last appearance in Boston before he sets out on his hazardous aeroplane dash to the South Pole. The expedition is now forming, and the start is scheduled for September. Commander Byrd plans to build a small city on the rim of the Atlantic continent and to make this the base for his flight. He will outline his plane in detail on Thursday...
...harked back to the days of the Egan brothers and W. C. Chick, all men of the class of 1905. At that time Harvard was at the top of intercollegiate golf. He believed that if the University wants to be in a commanding position in golf today it should build a course. If the Athletic Association is unable to afford one, Mr. Ouimet believes that the money could easily be raised among the alumni...
...Kresge resented being indirectly referred to by a Methodist Episcopal clergyman as the devil, if he felt that ingratitude should forfeit charity, he did not allow his actions to express his feelings. Instead, he presented $725,000 to the Detroit Methodist Children's Home Society, with which to build an orphanage for small children. It was to be a new and charming orphanage, with small cottages instead of wards and corridors, with married couples, when possible, to act as father and mother to children who have none of their own. This gift was accepted like the other, with avidity...