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...proposed structure will occupy substantially the side of the present East Cambridge or Craigie bridge, which will be removed. The dam will be sufficiently high to exclude all salt water and to maintain in the basin above, a water level approximately 8 feet higher than mean low water. On top of the dam there will be a roadway to replace the Craigie bride, and a parkway of about 7 acres...
...will be furnished with a navigation lock, 350 feet long, 40 feet wide and 13 feet in depth below mean low water level, and with a drawbridge and sluices. The lock will be on the Boston side the sluices on the Cambridge side. When completed, the dam will convert the tidal estuary of the Charles into a fresh water basin covering about 800 acres...
...June, by the terms of which the dam is to be constructed across the lower end of the river, a short distance above the Craigie Bridge. A large fresh water basin, extending from the Craigle Bridge up beyond the Longwood Bridge, will this be created, and the variation of level due to the tide will be largely eliminated. The improvements should increases the desirability of property along the river and be particularly valuable to the rowing interests of the University, as the present necessity of rowing in narrow channels and combatting tides will be obviated...
...complete application of the elective system in Harvard College; the growth of museums and laboratories and the introduction of laboratory and field work in scientific instruction; the requirements for admission to College raised and broadened; the requirements for admission to the Scientific School gradually raised to the level of the College requirements; the development of four-year programs affording thorough professional training in the several branches of applied science, including architecture and landscape architecture; the Graduate School established for the administration of the higher degrees in arts and sciences, and recognition given to the importance of the fostering of higher...
DENTAL SCHOOL.--Course of study systematized like that of the Medical School and made three years in length. First year work made identical with that of the medical course; requirements for admission raised to the level of the College admission requirements...