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...conceivable that if Harvard University continued indefinitely to take over and render exempt from taxation real estate which now pays taxes, the time might come when the College would be a burden on the city of Cambridge. But we believe there is little chance that the holdings of the University will increase much. The growth in recent years has been small, and it is easy to show that these additional exemptions have been more than counterbalanced by the real and personal property drawn to Cambridge by the University...
...follow the ordinary curriculum must pass the Responsions in Greek before they can offer themselves for any examination which presupposes Responsions. The Responsions are the first of the three examinations for the Oxford degree. American students who pass the qualifying examinations in Latin, Greek and mathematics will be exempt from Responsions henceforth...
...defeat of the bill, which is due mainly to the activity of several of the leading Massachusetts educators, including President Eliot, President Hopkins of Williams, President Harris of Amherst, and President Pritchett of Technology, means that the past policy of the Commonwealth to exempt public educational institutions from any taxation on their property will be continued, and that the expenses of these institutions will not be increased by this unnecessary...
...meeting of the Massachusetts Senate, held yesterday afternoon, bill number 290 was passed as follows: "Section 1. The exemption from taxation provided by clause third of section five of chapter twelve of the Revised Laws shall not extend to such real estate belonging to any college or university or scientific institution authorized to grant degrees, as is occupied as a residence by an officer of instruction, administration, or government of such college, university or scientific institution,--provided, that nothing herein contained shall subject to taxation any building otherwise exempt, of which less than one-half in extent and value...
...tests put upon them. Concrete and terra cotta offered the greatest resistance. Concrete, however, was not exhaustively tested, and terra cotta contains clay, which expands when heated. The ideal material must be at once cheap, hard, flexible and abundant. No city has enough fireproof buildings; thus no city is exempt from such fires as the Baltimore fire...