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...move them forward, as is, of course, necessary, with proper speed and with proper support, is in itself a scientific achievement of a high order demanding at every phase the exercise of first-rate engineering skill. Indeed, the whole machinery of offence and defence requires for its development and upkeep a vast amount of scientific knowledge, and success or failure may well fall to one side or the other according to the relative strength or weakness of the expert scientific knowledge of the two great groups of combatants. A few examples taken at random from this field may serve...
...course. The course will cover generally: (1) the organization and administration of the engineer's force aboard ship; (2) general description marine main engines, their operation and maintenance; (3) boilers and fireroom fittings--operation, care and preservation, etc., including main and auxiliary feed systems; (4) auxiliaries--disposition operation and upkeep; (5) water-tight subdivisions, drainage system, etc.; (6) evaporators and distilling plant; (7) electric lighting and power plant...
...more specific problems, Mr. Walton A. Green '04 spoke on "The Federalization of the Militia." He pointed out the difficulties of having an efficient army, when it is divided into 48 units, and he showed the uselessness of a militia to a state itself which is paying for its upkeep. "The police power should be exercised by a mounted constabulary which is capable of doing so, and the army should be inside the control of the federal government where it can be efficiently maintained...
...museum was built according to the wish of Mr. Adolphus Busch, of St. Louis, who, with the German Emperor, gave the funds necessary for its construction. An adequate endowment will cover the expenses of the upkeep of the building and collections, and any increase in the collections of the museum will be partially cared for by the special Germanic Museum Fund of $10,000, the proceeds of the Joan of Arc performance, and by the legacy of $50,000 from the estate of one of the museum's benefactors, Mr. Hugo Reisinger...
...sixteen collegiate institutions in the state, a state university would be an unnecessary duplication of equipment. As the current issue of the Alumni Bulletin points out, a much more efficient method would be the appropriation of scholarships by the state. This would not be nearly so expensive as the upkeep of many of the western state universities. The extension courses conducted by the University and various other institutions throughout the state have helped largely to fill this place...