Word: reference
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...report, two of the three members of the Board recommending the formation of the boulevard along the lines described in the CRIMSON of January 6, and the other member dissenting from this recommendation. The usual action by the Council on such reports from the Board of Survey is to refer them to the Council Committee on Highways on whose recommendation the Council then acts...
...editorials refer to the value of the lectures given before the Engineering Society during the past year, to the annual dinner, and to the organization of the Topiarian Club. The last editorial calls attention to the election of Dr. A. E. Kennelly as professor in engineering for next year and states the courses that he will give. The number is concluded by a sketch of Dr. Kennelly's life and by an account of his valuable contributions to science...
...defects alleged against the present system by the majority directors is the difficulty of signing leases, yet they forget to mention the number of leases they deal in daily. If they mean a lease of a larger building, which they have already decided against, I can refer them to a reputable real estate broker of Cambridge who told me today that he would be willing to sign a lease with the present Society for any length of time. Further, the present Society can surely buy goods either for cash or on credit, for all modern business is largely done...
...Boer war a book upon that subject by a popular writer of sensational fiction. Will you kindly allow me the opportunity of calling attention to a less advertised work upon the same subject by a distinguished Englishman, who is not only a literary man, but also a scholar. I refer to Mr. John A. Hobson, lecturer in the London School of Economics, and author of several well-known books upon economic theory and history, which are regularly used in our economic courses. Mr. Hobson's "The War in South Africa: its Causes and Effects," was written after a sojourn...