Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Progress on the new buildings for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has proceeded at a fast rate, and a great deal has been done since the first pouring of concrete, which took place last April. In all of the buildings but the library, all the structural concrete has been poured, and the construction work is now up to the roof. This structural concrete is the skeleton of the buildings. It is poured in a semi-liquid state into wooden forms, and is reinforced by steel rods. The foundation walls, piers, interior columns and floors are all made of this material...
...education of students in etiquette"--such are the leading points in the arraignment. So far so good. Discouraged by the shiftlessness and mental ineffectiveness of American undergraduates, the dean yet finds fault not so much with the students as with the administration of our colleges. The student needs a deal of improvement, he makes it plain, but he cannot be expected entirely to regenerate himself while the system remains poor...
...Reilly is sure of a place in the infield, although he may be shifted to one of the other positions. Pumpelly, who filled Swihart's place at first base while the latter was sick, will be a good man for the job. Second and short will be a good deal harder to fill, and it is possible that Middlebrook and Haines may be brought in from the outfield. Hunter and Mudge are both excellent catchers, and Way was very effective last season. Coach Quin by expects to develop a team on the same lines as that of last spring...
...Meet, which is to be held in Carnegie Hall, New York, on the evening of Saturday, February 27. The other colleges which will compete are the same as last year: Columbia, Dartmouth, and Pennsylvania. The concert last year was a novel event in American musical circles, arousing a great deal of interest both among critics and among the general public. Equal success is looked for in the future. The concert is a competitive affair, each club singing three pieces different in nature, and a prize being awarded at the end of the evening to that organization which shows the most...
...present system of national citizenship which compels a nation to avenge a wrong done to one of its citizens in a foreign country with the sacrifice of many lives and a great deal of money, is absurd. International citizenship would assure justice without warfare...