Word: periodic
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...States Engineering Corps. The committee recommends that a dam be built near the present site of the Craigie bridge and that a fresh-water basin be maintained at a permanent level. The report is most thorough and exhaustive, and its preparation required an immense amount of work covering a period of about two years. The engineering problems connected with the project, while complicated, are entirely capable of solution. The chief reasons for the construction of the dam are the resulting sanitary betterment of the contiguous region and the value which such a basin would have in relation to the Boston...
...Another period of German culture is represented in the groups and statuettes elaborately carved in wood, from Bruggemann's altarpiece in the Cathedral of Schleswig, dating from the sixteenth century. Another good illustration of this class of sculpture is the elaborately carved doorway from the Hirschvogelsaal in Nuremberg which was presented to the Museum by the Deutscher Verein. Among other notable specimens in the exhibition may be mentioned a choirscreen from St. Michael's church, Hildesheim, twelfth century, presented to the Museum by Arthur P. Schmidt of Boston; baptismal font from the Cathedral at Hildesheim, twelfth century; model...
...give the first of a series of two lectures on "Shakespeare's London," entitled "The City and Westminster." Beginning with the Tower of London, Professor Baker will describe the important buildings of the time, and show the part they played in Shakespeare's plays and the life of the period. The lecture will be illustrated by stereopticon views and will be open to the public...
...Running expenses, in terms of percentage of total sales. Profit**, in terms of percentage of total sales. % % % 1901-02 81.6 13.0 5.4 1900-01 83.5 12.4 4.1 1899-00 83.9 12.5 3.6 1898-99 84.4 12.6 3.0 1897-98 84.9 12.1 3.0 1896-97 85.3 11.8 2.9 Change in period from...
...radical change in our government when unnecessary is bad enough, but to make that change when it means serious practical evils is far worse. These are two of the specific evils of the change advocated by the affirmative; one man power would be created; and in a most critical period presidents and governors would be brought into conflict. Great confusion would result. The protection of life and property and the discretionary power of a military officer create in time of peace a martial law justifiable only as a last resort in time of war. But of more significance...