Word: transition
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...earnest men, unlearned, but men of affairs, capable of grasping fundamental ideas. There he was the scientific protagonist bringing the truths and sublimity of science down to the comprehension of humanity; and a journey in his company from Boston to New York realized all our ideas of rapid transit. To see him thus the centre of rapt listeners led one to recall Lowell's "Incident in a Railway Car", in which is portrayed the effect of Burns' humanity on humanity; and we will substitute science for Burns...
...finally, we believe in municipal ownership because it offers the only wise solution of the rapid transit problem of the future. In a word the interests of the public are directly opposed to the ownership of a public utility by a private corporation and can never be satisfied short of municipal ownership...
...Rice S. '70, chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission of New York, will deliver the fifth lecture in the series on the professions, on "Engineering," this evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union...
Some time after graduating from the Scientific School, Mr. Rice became a member of the Rapid Transit Commission of Boston. Later he became deputy chief engineer of the New York Rapid Transit Commission, and has since then been appointed chief engineer...
...Tuesday, May 23, Mr. G. S. Rice S.'70, chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission of New York, will speak on "Engineering," Some time after graduating from the Scientific School Mr. Rice became a member of the Rapid Transit Commission of Boston. After this he became deputy chief engineer of the New York Rapid Transit Commission, and has since then been appointed chief engineer...