Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wilbur was a set of questions relating to Boulder Dam which he submitted to Solicitor Edward Clingan Finney of the Interior Department. Mr. Finney's answers implied that Secretary Wilbur might turn all the power at the dam over to Southern California Edison, allowing the other bidders to obtain their share from S. C. E. by subcontracts backed by bond issues. Under such an arrangement, S. C. E. would install all the power generating machinery, set up all the transmission lines, do all the real selling and distributing for the government...
Thus far somebody, has overlooked an opportunity to obtain front page publicity and to arouse editorial discussions, to say nothing of clerical debates and letters to the various editors. Moreover, it seems that the incident of the Dunster Street Bookshop, which has stirred a lot of people who are easily stirred made absolutely no impression on a Cambridge policeman. That is not only surprising, but it is also alarming...
...close of the War left the University facing many and great needs which had to be satisfied before the effort to obtain an endowment for economic research could be resumed. The Committee found itself with a statistical organization and a publication enterprise on its hands, which could support themselves and accumulate a moderate reserve but could not be expected to provide money for other purposes. Until 1928 conditions continued unfavorable for the prosecution of the original plan of providing the Department of Economics with the facilities it required for economic research and the collection of materials needed for the purpose...
...Lowell feels that the degree is a hindrance to the student who wishes to obtain a Ph.D. degree. He suggests that the student, on receiving his A.B., should be allowed to begin work immediately towards the Ph.D. without bothering with an A.M. If such a plan is adopted at Harvard, only those students who have shown by their undergraduate work that they are likely to be candidates for a doctorate would be admitted to the graduate school. In this manner the standard of scholarship not only would be raised, but the weeding out process would be a saving of time...
...proposal to abolish the master's degree. Students who wish to pursue further study after graduation should be free to work toward either the A. M. or Ph.D. It should not be necessary to abolish the A.M., and it should not be necessary for a graduate student to obtain an A.M. before beginning work toward the higher degree. College Press...