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...saved $166,000,000 and 102,000 lives. The 275 stations along our coasts, he said, are conducted under military rules. Three years previous experience as a sailor or fisherman is required of applicants, who must in addition pass physical and Civil Service examinations. Mr. Peck next described the various appliances for saving life, and closed with an account of his visit to Minot's Ledge Light...
Yearly, said Mr. Brooks, social questions are assuming a more prominent part in American politics, and foremost of these is the struggle between the various trades unions and employers' organizations or citizens' alliances. These employers' organizations have a two-fold object: the destruction of the trades unions and the establishment of the open shop which admits union and non-union men alike. It is questionable, however, whether the open shop is beneficial to the working classes. It results in the introduction of cheap foreign labor, and the lowering of wages. The closed shop, however, is distasteful to the public, Since...
...evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Randall Room, Phillips Brooks House, at a conference under the auspices of the Social Service Committee. He will point out some opportunities for social work, and show how they may be made effective. Before the address several students who are engaged in various philanthropic institutions will give a brief outline of the work in their departments...
Light work will start today and will last for two weeks in order to get the men in good condition. Captains have been appointed for the various squads which will meet in the Gymnasium every afternoon. The sprinters, quarter-milers and broad-jumpers will report to Dives, and half-milers to Curtis, at 4. Candidates for the mile and two-mile will report to King at 4.30. The shot-putters will practice at 4 and the high-jumpers from 3 to 4.30. Candidates for the hurdle events will join the sprinting squad. Pole-vaulting practice will be held...
Twenty-five more of these fire extinguishers have been ordered, and will be placed in the various buildings belonging to the University as soon as they are received...