Word: ascertain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...meeting of the 1907 Union dance committee held yesterday it was decided to send out return postals to every member of the class in order to ascertain the number of those who will attend the dance, which will be given on Tuesday, February 20, 1906. As replies to these postals must be received before the price of subscriptions can be fixed members of the class are requested to help the committee by answering as soon as possible...
...Reid, Jr., '01 arrived in Boston Saturday from his home in California to confer with Captain Hurley and the Athletic Committee in regard to coaching the football team. The Committee wrote to Mr. Reid some time ago, to ascertain whether he would be willing to return to Cambridge to coach if satisfactory arrangements could be made; and he has come to investigate the situation personally before giving his reply. Since his arrival Mr. Reid has had two conferences with Captain Hurley, but no decision has yet been reached...
...political addresses by representative men. The committee now contemplates establishing in New York a bureau of information, which shall be in close touch with district politicians throughout the city. By the relations which it is establishing at the large universities, the committee will be able each year to ascertain what men from the graduating class expect to settle in New York. It intends to reach these men personally or by letter, to urge them to let it put them into personal communication with those who can place them in the political field...
...Voted, That the executive committee be requested to ascertain whether any arrangement can be made with Harvard University for a combination of effort in technical education such as will substantially preserve the organization, control, traditions and the name of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
...photographic plates which were exposed at the Observatory during the eclipse of the moon on October 16 have been developed and are found to be of no value. This is because it is impossible to ascertain how long the moon was covered by clouds during the exposure. The plates might have been used for measuring the strength of the light during the eclipse, but this is now impossible...