Word: useful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...perfection of the indexing system now in use at the directory office, Mr. Mead hopes to have the list more than 90 per cent. correct when it is issued. During the three months intervening between sending out the proof sheets and going to press changes took place at the rate of more than 2,000 a month, and it is expected that in spite of the most painstaking work more than three thousand addresses will be out of date when the directory is issued. The difficulty is increased by the fact that 1,551 men are now carried...
...selected G. W. All port '19 as its representative in the foreign field, and a position has been secured for him as a member of the Faculty at Robert College in Constantinople. The fund of $1,500 which was appropriated by the Phillips Brooks, House Cabinet for the use of the Mission will be used to cover a portion of the expenses of the trip, the other part to be paid by Robert Collage...
...special summer course in aeronautics is also being offered by the same organization. This course embraces a series of lectures on types of aircraft and their uses, illustrating their development from the earliest experimental forms to the modern craft used for commercial purposes. Instruction in navigation, the plotting of course, and the use of navigation instruments is also included in this course, and will be put in practice in actual flights with hydro-aeroplanes. The duration of this course is two months. Classes will be organized for July 1st and 15th, additional courses being provided for as conditions warrant...
...military department received yesterday a British "75." This gun was being manufactured for the British in this country and was adapted to the use of the French. "75" ammunition. It differs from the French "75" mainly in that the recoil chamber is above instead of below the barrel. It also lacks the compensatory mechanism of the French weapon...
Those who do not plan to use the boat house during the summer are asked to remove the contents of their lockers and turn in their keys before June...