Word: nearly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...thousand teachers to this country, receiving and caring for them while here and giving them three months instruction. The government has consented to bring the teachers from Cuba, and four steamers will be used for the purpose. Upon their arrival in Cambridge the women will be placed in homes near the College, and the men in the dormitories. Memorial Hall, and, if necessary, Randall Hall, will be kept open all summer for their exclusive use, and Phillips Brooks House will be at the disposal of the women teachers as a place for social gathering...
...probable that at present in case of disputes between combinations and trade unions the former would be much stronger than individual corporations. Leading trade-unionists, however, believe that in the near future the unions will become so strong in organization that they will be able to wrest from the combinations a good share of the profits, which are now distributed to shareholders...
...first game on Soldiers Field, the diamond will be laid out near the Cage, in order to protect the turf on the University diamond from being trampled before the grass has had a chance to grow...
...coaching thus far has consisted mainly in an endeavor to remedy ragged blade work and to get the different crews as near a unit as possible. There have been encouraging signs of improvement among all the crews, but any marked advance toward finished work is hardly to be expected so early in the season. Donovan at the Weld and Vail at the Newell have done practically all the coaching, although the graduate coaches, Mr. J. J. Storrow '85, Mr. G. S. Mumford '87 and Mr. H. W. Keyes '87, will assist in coaching as soon as the launches are ready...
...establishment of a school of forestry was accepted from Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pinchot and their sons Gifford Pinchot '89 and Amos Pinchot '97. To provide for a practical summer school the Pinchot family has given to the university the use of a large tract of forest land near Milford, Pike County, Pa., where a library will be established for the use of the school. Instruction will probably begin at Milford by August 1 and at New Haven with the opening of the academic year next fall. Henry S. Graves '92, now superintendent of working plans in the division...