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...lecture is primarily for members of Business 17a but is open to everyone in the University. The Taylor System, which is the most successful plan of handling men and machinery yet devised, is now in use with remarkable results at many of the up-to-date iron and steel factories of the country...
...interior, the fireproofing has already been begun on the ground floor of the eastern building. This work is in charge of Roebling & Company of Philadelphia. The installation of the metal window-frames has commenced and the steel bookstacks, which on the southern half alone will have a capacity of about one and three-quarters millions of books, are nearing completion. 'For heat, the building will be dependent on outside sources, doing away with the dangers of a furnace and boilers in the cellar. A concrete tunnel has been built from Sever around the front of the library to permit...
...instruction in Metallurgy, as well as metallurgical operations. Mr. Yatsevitch graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute in 1903 served as assistant, and later as instructor, in General Chemistry in the same institution, studied Physical Chemistry in Leipsic under Professor Ostwald, and has had two years practical experience in steel works in South Russia and in silver mines in Siberia...
...facade, which adds greatly to the external appearance of the building, is three stories high, and lends harmony to the whole structure. Every effort has been made to make the building thoroughly fire-proof. The desks are of steel with asbestos tops, and all the fittings non-inflammable. The metal cases containing the collections are air tight to guard against dampness and dust. The central portion, wherein a part of the specimens must be stored for lack of room elsewhere, is now the only section which presents any menace through fire
Nothing of an official nature can be given out until important details have been worked out by the board of control and the graduate council of the university sitting in joint session. It is generally understood that the proposed structure, which is to be built of steel and concrete, will seat about 50,000 people and will be erected at an approximate cost of $300,000. It will be situated on ground adjoining University Field, which is owned by the university, and the stand will be oval, open at one end, similar in shape to the Harvard Stadium...