Word: surveys
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...four points to her opponents' two hundred and thirteen. A notice is posted in University stating that an examination will shortly be held by the civil service commission in Washington, or in any other large city where the board has an office, to select two clerks for the geological survey, at a salary of $900 each. Some knowledge of geology is required...
...were elected: H. C. Low, R. G. Emmet, H. H. Harris, L. H. Davis, A. N. Sargent, L. K. Perot, E. L. Kenyon, W. Wells. After the business meeting Mr. J. B. Woodworth gave a short address descriptive of the method of work pursued by the United States Geological Survey at Gay Head last summer...
Last evening Professor Shaler gave an informal talk concerning the opportunities of a career in practical Geology and Engineering. He said that he considered the outlook for geologists in this country to be a very promising one. The state surveys and those made by the government employ about 1500 men, who receive salaries ranging from $4000 a year downward. The pay a man may expect to receive his first year is about $50 a month and field expenses. One of the best tields for a geologist is in the mines. The salary of a mine superintendent in the eastern part...
...United States should not materially increase its navy." The discussion was opened for the affirmative by A. H. Williams, '91; he began with a few remarks concerning the popular cry for a large navy. He defined the uses of a navy as three: to guard the coast. protect commerce, survey and police the seas. He granted that the navy of the United States in its present condition could not accomplish the first two of these things, but claimed that this is not necessary, and that our navy is sufficient for the third purpose...
...college. The field when completed will be large enough to accommodate two-base ball diamonds or two football fields. It will require some outlay to put the ground in suitable condition for use, but just what the expense will be cannot be definitely determined yet, as the survey has not been completed nor the estimates made out. The amount stated in Thursday's Herald is not an authorized estimate. The engineering department has been actively engaged in making surveys during the past few days, and as soon as their work is completed a definite estimate can be made...