Word: foundings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...manufacturer? Statistics show that the highest wages are the cheapest, and that low wages are the most expensive. A shoe which costs the employer 38 cents here costs the German manufacturer 80 cents, owing to the difference in the skill of the laborer. A maker of gunny-bags here found that he could compete with the maker in India who only paid 12 cents a day for wages. He said further that if he could get his raw materials free, he could send his goods to India and drive the manufacturer there out of business by underselling him. Mr. Brooks...
...George A. Gordon preached in the chapel last evening from the text found in the 91st Psalm: "He that dwelleth in the secret places of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." The striking comparisons of the Psalm were enlarged upon by the speaker. Evil is likened to a snare. As the hare speeding along its accustomed path is caught suddenly in the noose of the hunter, so human beings are assailed unawares through their desires and habits by temptations of every kind Again, evil is like a pestilence. Society is filled with moral corruption...
...FOUND, in college yard, a bunch of three keys. Have been left with the auditor at Memorial...
...court is through a memorial arch, which is to have a frieze running around the top, illustrating the progress of California. On the right and left of the arch are two story buildings-one containing the natural history collection and the other the library. When additional buildings shall be found necessary they will be built around and outside the present college. It is on this larger quadrangle that the art galleries and museums will be built, and the time may not be far distant when some of these buildings may be constructed...
...Pfeiffer, having found it impossible to continue his duties as captain of the crew, has offered his resignation to the committee. E. C. Storrow has been appointed to fill his place...