Word: chiefs
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...Gifford Pinchot, chief of the Bureau of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture, will speak in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The subject of his lecture has not yet been definitely announced, but he will probably speak on the relation of colleges to the conservation movement...
...searching literary criticism during the last 25 years was treated at length by Professor Lefranc. Such investigation, however, should never dull aesthetic appreciation. Reconstruction of the social, political and economic structure of past literary periods by careful study of the works and of their sources is one of its chief tendencies. Other subjects of study are the great literary currents and the influence of women on Renaissance literature. Moliere was a conscious borrower. One of the most famous scenes in "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" was drawn from an obscure writer, de Bouscaille...
...Bangs was graduated from Columbia in 1883, and studied law there for a year, but never practiced. Instead he accepted the position of associate editor of "Life," which he held for four years, only leaving to become editor-in-chief of "The Drawer." In the capacity of editor he has also been connected with "Harper's Magazine," "Literature," "Harper's Weekly," "The Metropolitan Magazine," and "Puck." Since 1905 he has devoted his entire time to writing...
...Knapp spoke of the following subdivisions of railroad operation which the commission has regulated: physical construction, operation and equipment, relations with employees, relations with each other and with the public. Under the first three, the commission has proposed several regulations which have met with universal approval and success; their chief activity, however, lies in their power to regulate the relations of the interstate railroad with the public...
April 6--Hon. Gifford Pinchot, chief of the forest service in the department of Agriculture, on some subject connected with his work...