Word: similarity
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Chicago, Ill., June 8.--The spirit of compromise was the key-note of the Convention session this afternoon, and the feature of the official activities was the appointment by Chairman Harding of a committee of five to confer with a similar committee of Progressives for the direct purpose of finding some common grounds for action. Vital importance was attached to this appointment by the delegates...
...university as large as Harvard certain difficulties would arise before a similar plan could be worked out. Since military drill has already been instituted at Harvard there would be a question whether the winter drill as well as the summer training should count towards a degree. Surely neither ought to count except as a practical supplement to the theoretical courses on military science which will be given under the direction of the University. If a man wished to take such military courses, the required drill, gained either in the summer or in the regiment, would then be counted towards...
...colleges and universities would cease to hold their student volunteers. We had ourselves tried the experiment at the opening of the war against Spain and had seen it fail as soon as the first flush of excitement was over. We knew that many other colleges and universities had had similar experiences...
...largely concerned with men who have already made the decision as to what form of business they are to enter. To those men, however, who are still undecided, or who may not be able to take a course in the Business School, some arrangement with Boston banking houses, similar to that now in force at New Haven might prove not only beneficial to the individuals who would avail themselves of the opportunity for practical experience, but to the banks as well...
...bluejackets and marines come here every year for a period varying from a few days to several months and in many respects the Boston Yard is the second in size in the United States. The present move on foot is to raise funds for the erection of a building similar to those in Norfolk, Va., and Newport, R. I., which have in the neighborhood of from 150 to 225 separate bedrooms. It is estimated that if such a building were available in Boston at least 40,000 sailors would sleep in it each year. In Brooklyn, where the building...