Word: existence
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...evening in Robinson Hall on "The Baltimore Fire." The Baltimore fire, he said, is the first to be studied carefully by architects and contractors throughout the country, and undoubtedly will result in many radical changes in building construction. Though it has shown that an absolutely fireproof building does not exist, yet the seven buildings of first-class modern construction which stood in its path suffered no structural collapse. Often the greatest damage was due to combustion of a building's contents...
...Colonial Government, and the other on Municipal Government. In the former a study will be made of the different systems of colonial government that have been worked out by England, Spain, France, Holland, and the United States. The course on Municipal Government, dealing with conditions as they new exist, will be divided into two general parts: The first, a study of the modern system of city government in the United States; the second, of the city governments of modern England, France, and Germany...
...subject for the lecture tonight will be "The Seats of the Government." It will describe the various buildings occupied by the national and municipal government during the Reign of Terror, some of which no longer exist; and will relate the story of the great clubs and sections...
...conclusion Professor Putnam calls attention to the fact, that, although the Museum spent $1221.62 for new exhibition cases and alterations to the old one, the collections are still crowded. These conditions will continue to exist until the $150,000, necessary to complete the Anthropological Section of the University Museum Building, is raised...
...literary history." Hon. Carl Schurz, President of the Germanic Museum Association spoke of the Museum as a instance of and help to international friendship between Germany and the United States. Mr. Edward Robinson, Curator of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, spoke for the relation that might exist between the two museums...