Word: demand
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cambridge Board of Aldermen are planning to remove the line of elms which extends from Quincy street to Harvard Square on the ground that "public necessity and convenience" demand that Harvard street shall be widened. Notices to this effect are posted on the trees in question and at 8.30 this evening a public hearing to receive any objections to the scheme will be held in City Hall...
...great increase in the demand for competent instructors in physical culture, and the success which attended the course in physical training at the Summer School, led the University authorities to establish last year a four years course intended to equip men thoroughly for such work. Dr. Sargent says that there has been a fair amount of interest shown, but too few of the men who started in last year possessed the proper physical qualifications. The old fault with men seeking such positions has been that they have been simply good athletes, with no knowledge of anatomy or of the theories...
Professor Thayer's Bible Class on the Epistle to the Romans has met an existing demand for a course in thorough Biblical study. The attendance at the first meeting was most encouraging; sixty men were present. While the best results will be gained by making some preparation for the meetings, all students will be welcome. The second meeting will be held in Holden Chapel tonight from...
...plan adopted by the French Department of systematizing the matter of tutors is an excellent one. There is always a demand for good tutors, and up to this time there has been no means of telling what men were capable of doing this sort of work. Now a man who thinks himself capable of tutoring may very materially add to his chances of securing employment by passing the test of the French Department and being recommended in certain courses. As many men in college are dependent to a great degree on tutoring to pay their expenses, any such move...
...Epistle of the Romans, to be conducted by Professor Joseph H. Thayer. Professor Thayer was one of the revisers of the New Testament, and is now at work on the American Reviser's Edition. He gives his time, though at much personal sacrifice, because there seems to be a demand for the class. About thirty men have already enrolled as regular members, and though the class will be conducted primarily for them, all will be welcome at any of its meetings. Beginning tonight, the meetings will be held in Holden Chapel every Tuesday evening, from...