Word: modernizing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University of bound copies of a reprint of the research work done by the hospital while abroad also took place. These constitute a single large volume which is a striking testimonial to the brilliance of the experiments carried on and completed under the trying conditions of the modern battlefield...
...virtually completed last week when the renovating of Pierce Hall was brought to a close. As a result, buildings, in which a year ago some 6,000 blue jackets were being taught wireless telegraphy, have now been so thoroughly made over that they contain a most comprehensive group of modern electrical, sanitary, mechanical and civil engineering laboratories of the highest order, as well as ample accommodations for all the allied fields of study given at the Engineering School...
...Engineering School were begun in earnest. In this work, Pierce Hall, which will be the headquarters, containing most of the offices, class rooms and drafting rooms, has been extensively changed. Partitions out in by the Navy have all been torn down and the whole building rewired and repainted. A modern oil-burning plant has been substituted for the old coal-consuming system. This serves the double purpose of furnishing power for the school as well as light and heat for several of the neighboring buildings...
Dean W. B. Donham of the College of Business Administration spoke briefly on the functions of a modern business school. He laid especial emphasis upon the need of scientific research and high professional ethics in the business world of the future. Mr. J. E. Harley, chairman of the Executive Council of the Society and toastmaster of the evening, called upon one of the guests, Dean Fenn of the Harvard Divinity school, for a few remarks. Dean Fenn responded by a few words of confidence in "young men" as the protectors of the present civilization...
Hugh Walpole, the first of the November speakers at the Union, will appear tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Living Room. Mr. Walpole, one of the best known of modern British authors, will tell of "College Men as Novelists," taking illustrations for his address from his own experiences at Cambridge University. Professor John L. Lowes, A. M., '03, of the English Department will introduce the speaker...