Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...place of the old buildings behind the Boston Public Library, and the work upon them has already commenced. The architects, Messrs, Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, of Boston, have drawn plans for six structures of very large size, five of which will be grouped about three sides of a court 520 feet long and 215 feet wide. The sixth building, to be used for a power-house, will stand apart from the main group and will furnish the necessary power for lighting, heating, and the minor mechanical requisites of the School. A building for the Dental School was included...
...entering the court, the first building on the right will contain the Hygiene and Pharmacological Departments. Opposite it, across the court, will be the Surgical, Bacteriological and Pathological building. The second building on the right will be devoted to Physiology and Physiological Chemistry, while opposite it, the Departments of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology will occupy a fourth structure. At the head of the court will stand the Administration Building, containing the general offices of the School...
...While the Roman law is older, still it shows no such uninterrupted continuity, no such persistent individuality. Our system is founded on principles, which were evident in early English justice and which, though changed and developed, have, in general character, remained constant. Early justice was rough, and the county-court, perhaps, a disorderly public-meeting; yet in its publicity lay the root of our present system. Our courts, in contrast to the inquisitorial tribunals of the Romans, have followed a rule of neutrality; they know only what is brought before them, they are impartial. Ever since the middle...
...Charles River dam, by virtue of an act passed by last year's General Court and approved June 24, is at last authorized after several years of agitation. By the terms of the bill, the dam is to be constructed across the lower end of the river in the narrowest part of the basin a short distance above the Craigie Bridge. A large fresh water basin will thus be created, extending from the Craigie Bridge up beyond the Longwood Bridge. The following committee on construction has recently been appointed: President, H. S. Pritchett of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, chairman...
...field, at the desk, at the court, in the mart...