Word: planted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...annual report of President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale University is conspicuous for the veto he puts on the scheme to triplicate an academic plant that already is hampered by being duplicate. That is to say, he apparently would rather see evolve some way to unify the college and the Sheffield Scientific School than to start in and raise an additional endowment and set up a "third college" with less study of mathematics and the classic languages. On the other hand, it is plain that he looks with some favor, at least, on a closer approximation to the English university...
...printing plant of the Harvard University Press in the basement of University Hall is undergoing alterations which will be completed by about January 1. The fact that the building is now heated from the plant of the Boston Elevated has enabled the Press to remove from their old place between the two halves of the printing offices the boilers of the old heating system. The space thus left open is being floored over, and several new auxiliary machines will be installed. The chief advantage of the added room, however, will be that it will allow the division of the plant...
...Larz Anderson Bridge, which was used in the late spring, is now fully completed, the painting of the lamp-posts marking the final step in its preparation. The heating tunnel from the power plant on Boylston Street to the Yard has also been finished, and Linden street and Holyoke Place are again open thoroughfares. Weld Hall has undergone alterations which have improved it with more modern conveniences; electric lights, shower baths, and a new plumbing system having been installed. Owing to unavoidable obstacles and delays, the Widener Memorial Library has not been progressing as rapidly as had been hoped...
...fall announcement of the University Press shows very clearly the efficient management and rapid growth of the Press since its foundation in 1913. The plant in the basement of University Hall has been considerably enlarged and will make possible a greater output of books during the winter. In addition to publishing numerous books, the Press has inaugurated a new policy in taking over from other publishers, several editions of "works of a high scholarly character" for which it will now become sole agent...
...equipment by building operations of unprecedented size. The total cost of the new buildings and kindred improvements amounts to about $4,500,000. The sums going to make up the total may be tabulated as follows: Widener Library, $2,000,000 Freshman Dormitories, $1,500,000 Medical School Power Plant, $250,000 Stadium Bridge, $200,000 Germanic Museum, $200,000 Tunnel, $125,000 Museum Extension, $100,000 Engineering Laboratory, $100,000 -- Total...