Word: effecting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Lawrence Scientific School, there is a concisely and clearly stated announcement, instead of the scarcely intelligible one which was printed last year. The requirements for admission to Harvard College heretofore in operation will continue until 1901, when the new system, adopted in May, 1899, will go into effect. A candidate for admission to the College in 1900 or 1901, may choose either the old or the new method, but admission to the Lawrence Scientific School may only be by the new method. the new system of admission requirements for the departments in charge of the Faculty of Medicine is given...
...Cambridge City Council and Board of Aldermen passed a measure last night to the effect that the mayor petition the state legislature for such legislation as will provide for the assessment of a tax upon the real estate of the University, and for the payment of such tax out of the state treasury. Further action in the matter will be deferred until similar petitions have been sent in by other college towns in the state...
...bond and the story of the casket, and the plot centres about Portia and Bassanio. The story of Shylock, although often considered the centre of the plot, in reality forms merely a supporting set of incidents. There is unhappily one great defect in the play, the anticlimactic effect of the last act. It was recognized by Booth, who omitted it in all his performances, and is generally attributed to Shakespere's comparative inexperience in comedy writing...
Work on the new honse will soon be commenced on the basis of an entirely new set of plans. It is practically decided that the house will be built of brick with mill construction inside in order to lessen the destructive effect of fire. New plans have been drawn up by the former architects, Peabody and Stearns of Boston, and only the approval of the Harvard Club of New York is awaited before construction begins. The foundations of the burned building will be used after a slight re-enforcement has been made for sustaining the heavy brick walls. The building...
...spherical hammer until they split. The same machine with special appliances is used for testing the cementing value of stone. This is done by striking small quantities of pulverized rock lightly with a hammer until their cohesive power is destroyed. The machine makes a record of the energy and effect of each blow, as well as the final breaking point of the stone. The laboratory is the first of its kind in this country...