Word: certain
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...power of the material in the room," Dean Sabine has made careful experiments to determine the absorption value of the common forms of construction used in office walls and movable partitions. He has established the fact that a square yard of felt of a given thickness will absorb a certain amount of noise, and that if there is an overplus of noise, one must simply put up a corresponding area of sound-proof blanket. He has produced a long-fibre product of felt, designed to secure strength without losing absorbing power. The general result over the country has been...
...side of religious matters both with relation to men of the colleges of this and foreign countries. To this end, every effort has been made by Dr. Mott who directs the conference, to secure the very best men to take charge of the various meetings. Dr. Mott himself addresses certain of the meetings and in addition the following men will be present to speak: H. S. Coffin, Robert E. Speer, C. D. Hurry, E. T. Colton, T. R. Glover, and J. Campbell White...
...order to present the purpose and value of the Northfield Conference, a meeting will be held in the Parlor of Brooks House next Tuesday at 7.30 o'clock at which certain graduates and undergraduates will outline in more detail the life at Northfield during past years and also the prospective plan for this year. Every man who is at all interested is invited to be present at this meeting to hear the plans or to ask questions, whether he is planning to attend the conference...
...each year, under the Social Service Committee of Phillips Brooks House, in social service work in boys' clubs, settlements and similar institutions. It is proposed that the interested departments (social ethics, economics, sociology, etc.) should undertake the supervision of this volunteer service, and make it the equivalent of a certain amount of the work usually done in courses in those subjects...
...professor, besides his interest in his specialty, is "concerned, as a member of the legislative body of his own local institution, with questions of educational policy which are of more than local significance" and "that he is a member of a professional body which is the special custodian of certain ideals, and the organ for the performance of certain functions essential to the well-being of society." This organizing committee is composed of representatives of the chief departments of learning from nearly all the leading universities...