Word: leveling
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Through the Portals of Mohammed," "Arminius" sustains astonishingly the level of those interpretations but entertaining "Travel Papers," which have been a feature of the Monthly this winter; and J. L. Price collects some quaint passages from the College Records of the period of the Revolution...
...will make Harvard men feel the vital sense of solidarity so that they can all join to work together in the things that are of most concern to the College. It is idle to expect, nor indeed would it be desirable, that there should be in Harvard a uniform level of taste and association. Some men will excel in one thing and some in another; some in things of the body, some in things of the mind; and where thousands are gathered together each will naturally find some group of specially congenial friends with whom he will form ties...
...proposed subway from Harvard square to Boston, which was authorized last winter by a favorable vote in the Cambridge municipal elections and a subsequent act of the Massachusetts Legislature. Superficial plans for a two track subway, the rails of which will be approximately 30 feet below the street level, have been drawn by the Boston Elevated Railroad Company and have been accepted by the City of Cambridge and by the Boston Transit Commission. Along the route, borings have been made to ascertain the nature of the ground and the strength of the building foundations. As much of the preliminary work...
...will consist of two granite retaining walls backed by concrete, the space between the supporting piles being filled in with earth. No concrete will be visible from either the harbor or the basin side. The height of the dam will be 21 feet above the mean low water level and 13 feet above the full basin level, which is approximately two feet below high tide. Owing to additional plans for dredging in the small canals, the contract, which calls for the completion of the work by July 15, 1908, will be extended...
...view of the important steps recently taken by the University looking toward the ultimate establishment of instruction in Applied Science upon the level already set by the professional schools of law and medicine, this appointment must rank as one of great importance...