Word: research
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...addition to the undergraduate program outlined above, the general plan of instruction includes courses of graduate study and research. These are open to students who have the degree of Bachelor of Science from the School, or an equivalent degree from another institution. A qualified student may devote practically all his time to one special field, or he may select a diversified course of study with the approval of the authorities of the school. A year of graduate study satisfactorily completed leads to the degree of Master of Science with the department chosen, or Mining Engineer, or Metallurgical Engineer...
...University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology agreed to co-operate in the conduct of instruction and research in engineering and mining. As this agreement involved the use of the McKay Fund, it was subject to the approval of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. After three years of litagation, that body declared that Mr. McKay had intended that his fortune should be spent solely for the University, and that it was therefore not within the powers of the University to combine with M. I. T. Thereupon the departments of Engineering and Mining, with a new department of Industrial Chemistry, were...
...laboratory, and the popularity of the place is shown by the large number of business students who use it. At Randall Hall, an elaborate system of meters, connected by machinery, has been arranged for the further study of business problems. As an example of the extent to which the research is being carried, a detailed investigation into the best lighting plans for individual plants, and experiments in the deadening of sound on office floors are now being conducted under Mr. Stone. As there is no other institution in the country offering similar opportunities for intensive office training, the government...
...many activities in which Professors were engaged have in frequent instances called for a continuance of effort after the suspension of hostilities. Research, food control, and labor problems have not permitted of hasty cessation...
...Aero Club of Pennsylvania, will lecture on "Peace Time Aviation," under the auspices of the University Aeronautical Society. Mr. Steinmetz is in close touch with aeronautical development in this country and abroad, having recently spent three months at the front. He is a member of the National Research Council and the Submarine Defense Association...