Word: problems
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...theatre is once considered on the same level with the university as an institution which aims to develop the more perfect man, the solution of the problem is not so difficult. Mr. MacKaye suggested that the present universities act as trustees to receive private endowments for a new type of theatre. Immediately with the guarantee of such a respected institution, the endowment of a theatre would cease to be precarious. In addition he suggested that the public endow state and city theatres for the public good, to be administered like state universities and city colleges. Thus he believes that...
...progress was made in aeroplanes until Langley showed that the estimation of power necessary to lift a given weight was erroneous. Maxim took up the Work of Langley and contrived to lift 8,000 pounds by the proper balancing of horizontal planes. Lielienthal, a German scientist, attacked the problem of stability which had hitherto impeded any practical progress in mechanical aviation. Mr. Merrill then showed stereopticon views of the gliders invented by Lielienthal and explained the two varieties of stability against which the aeronaut has to contend...
...inefficiency of the motive power which has and still does limit the range and speed of the heavier-than-air machine. It is on the engine that French scientists are now putting their greatest efforts. To get the maximum horse-power with a minimum weight is the present problem of aeronautics. If the engine ceases to supply power the aeroplane has to descend and if this happens over a country devoid of suitable landing places the results are bound to be serious...
...early days the officers of the University were accustomed to extend in their homes. That these receptions must now be held in Phillips Brooks House is a necessity of the growth of Harvard, and does not change the character of the welcome which is extended. It is a problem in this place to establish between students and instructors any relation less precise than that of the lecture room; but University teas, if accepted by the undergraduates in the same cordial spirit in which they are maintained by the University, will do much toward breaking down the formality of this relation...
President Eliot's speech this evening will consider "The Conservation Movement." He will show that the problem of conservation is not only a state and national one, but also one for municipal consideration...