Word: controls
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...upon an amendment to the constitution. B. R. Green '64, Superintendent of Public Buildings, Washington, D. C., will preside at the dinner and the following will speak on phases of the profession: President Lowell, R. S. Peabody '66, Mr. W. E. McClintock, chairman of the Chelsea Board of Control, F. P. Stearns h.'05, past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers, L. W. Perrin 2G., president of the Harvard Engineering Society, W. B. Strong 1G., editor of the Harvard Engineering Journal...
...Green '64, who has had charge of the erection of various government buildings in Washington, will preside and addresses will be made by the following: President Lowell, R.S. Peabody '66, of Peabody & Stearns, Architects, Boston; W.E. McClintock, chairman of the Chelsea Board of Control: F.P. Stearns h.'05, consulting engineer, Boston: L.W. Perrin 2G., president of the Engineering Society; and W.B. Strong 1G., editor of the Engineering Journal...
...calm temper. Men of any size or weight can play this game. Agility, however, is indispensable, for the ball is propelled by every part of the body, except the arms and hands, which makes skillful use of the head and of both feet necessary. When the scientific control of the ball has been mastered, soccer offers more attraction both to the players themselves and to the spectators than a game in which the essentials of true sport are lacking...
...present investigation to ascertain the number of men available as patrons, calls attention once more to the perennial problem afforded by conditions at Memorial Hall. Although the Corporation has been in control of the restaurant there for nearly two years, it has been found impossible to increase the attendance to the coveted thousand mark, when Memorial may be operated at its maximum efficiency. The fact that there has been a steady financial loss, together with the persistent rumor that the Hall is soon to have another strong competitor, seems sufficient for the advancement of the following suggestion...
Substitute for the present committee in charge of the Hall a practical and successful restaurateur with complete control. Having stipulated a maximum price of food (five dollars a week, for example), the Corporation would leave the steward free to run the restaurant for what profit he could make. Ordinarily better results are obtained when men in charge of business enterprises (and Memorial should certainly be run on strictly business lines), share in the profits of their work. Moreover, with a stipulated maximum price, the operator of Memorial Hall could not afford to serve poor food, for his profits would have...