Word: wars
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Boston Chamber of Commerce, through its president, W. H. Lincoln, and its secretary, E. G. Preston, has withdrawn its opposition to the bill for the construction of a dam across the Charles River near Craigie Bridge. It was feared that the project might meet with opposition from the War Department, but Secretary Root has written that he has no objection to offer. This removes all open opposition to the bill, and makes the prospect of its being passed appear very favorable. Up to the present time the joint commission, made up of the Committee on Metropolitan Affairs, and the Committee...
...activities will be written by men prominent in those activities. It is also planned that the Book should contain the future address of every member of the Class and other important lists, such as one containing the names of the men from 1901 who took part in the Spanish War, men who began their course with 1901 but left College, and so forth...
...canoe, about six feet long, complete in every detail, was made at the request of Dr. Agassiz; it is the model of a large Fiji outrigger working canoe, and is distinguished from a war canoe by the fact that the latter is made double instead of with an outrigger. The boat is caulked with gum, which is protected by strips of palm, and the various portions of the hull are fastened together by ropes of cocoanut fibre. All the cordage is made of this same fibre. The large lateen sail is made of strips of pandanas leaf, sewed together with...
...case of the Sophomores was that we need a merchant marine for national defense in time of war and for national development in time of peace. Further, that the subsidy is the best method of creating this merchant marine, and that if it were once created it would need no further...
...four o'clock service. After the service there will be the customary organ recital. Following is the programme: Chorus from "Israel in Egypt" ("And the waters overwhelmed them"), Handel; Fantasie in E minor, Merkel; Monologue, Rheinberger; Trio, for three boys' voices, Concone; Aria in D., from orchestral suite, Bach; War March of the Priests, Mendelssohn...