Word: labor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first public hearing by the Harvard Committee on Legislation will be held in Emerson F this evening at 9 o'clock. "A Bill Relating to the Hours of Labor of Women and Children" will be presented and discussed. If the decision of the committee is favorable counsel will be retained to present the bill to the Massachusetts Legislature. The public is cordially invited to attend the meeting...
...mixture of caoutchouc with sulphur, was empirically made; but into the numerous uses of vulcanite in dentistry there enter many applications of chemical science and art. The progress of physics has furnished the dentist with new tools and apparatus of high value. The electric light prolongs his hours of labor and enables him to put a bright light into the mouth, an electrical current brings him the mechanical power for grinding and burnishing, and for the mechanical sweeping and ventilation of his office and his laboratory. The X-rays enables him to see clearly the condition of an ill-shaped...
...plates, or other carriers of artificial teeth. The dentist of the future will make all the designs or patterns needed, just as the orthopaedic surgeon does; but he will employ skilled mechanics working in a dental laboratory to execute those designs. This change will diminish the amount of mechanical labor to be done by the professional man. Numerous analogous changes have already been made in other professions...
...death of Professor Charles Gross ends twenty-one years of steadfast devotion to Harvard University. His labor was unremitting even in illness, when his great fortitude banished discouragement and inspired him to continue his splendid service. Thorough as was his scholarship, his genius was by no means purely academic. As a writer, he achieved fame in no mean degree; as an editor of important histories, his work was of immeasurable value; as a teacher he was admired and respected. His name stands high on the long list of men who have brought honor to Harvard...
...regular Sunday afternoon lecture course of the Prospect Union will begin tomorrow afternoon at 3.30 in Prospect Union Hall. Thus far, the following lectures have been arranged: November 14, Professor Eugene Wambaugh '76, of the Law School, subject, "The Injunction in Labor Disputes." November 21, Professor E. F. Gay, Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration, subject, "The New Industrial Revolution." November 28, Professor I. V. Westengard, General Adviser to the King of Siam, subject, "Modern Siam." December 5, Professor W. Lyman Underwood, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, subject, "Hunting with Canoe and Camera in New Brunswick," illustrated...