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... amount of his gift for the Technical Schools buildings and equipment from $ 1,000,000 to $ 2,000,000 . In 1903 a site of thirty - two acres adjacent to the Institute was tendered by the city for perpetual use and accepted by the ...
... amount of his gift for the Technical Schools buildings and equipment from $ 1,000,000 to $ 2,000,000 . In 1903 a site of thirty - two acres adjacent to the Institute was tendered by the city for perpetual use and accepted by the ...
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... amount to about $ 28,000,000 . DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS CARNEGIE INSTITUTE AND LIBRARY The building in which is housed the Carnegie Institute and the Central Library stands on Forbes Street at the entrance to Schen- ley Park . It is ...
... amount to about $ 28,000,000 . DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS CARNEGIE INSTITUTE AND LIBRARY The building in which is housed the Carnegie Institute and the Central Library stands on Forbes Street at the entrance to Schen- ley Park . It is ...
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... amount to be fixed at the discretion of the Board for the faithful performance of his duties , the expense of which ... amounts as may be agreed upon for the maintenance of the said departments . SEC . 2. The balance on hand to the ...
... amount to be fixed at the discretion of the Board for the faithful performance of his duties , the expense of which ... amounts as may be agreed upon for the maintenance of the said departments . SEC . 2. The balance on hand to the ...
Page 43
... amount appropriated for the use of such committee by the Board . SEC . 2. The Fine Arts Committee shall consist of seven members of the Board of Trustees , and shall have general charge , control , and regulation of the art galleries ...
... amount appropriated for the use of such committee by the Board . SEC . 2. The Fine Arts Committee shall consist of seven members of the Board of Trustees , and shall have general charge , control , and regulation of the art galleries ...
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... amount and character of the investments and securities in its control . All securities and investments shall be subject to the examina- tion of the Auditing Committee as often as that committee shall desire , and not less than once each ...
... amount and character of the investments and securities in its control . All securities and investments shall be subject to the examina- tion of the Auditing Committee as often as that committee shall desire , and not less than once each ...
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administration adopted American ANDREW CARNEGIE annual meeting annuity applied appointed approved April April 19 ARTICLE Arts bildings Board of Trustees bonds branches by-laws Canada Carnegie Corporation Carnegie Foundation Carnegie Hero Fund Carnegie Institute Carnegie Library Carnegie's Chairman CHARLES Church Peace Union city of Pittsburgh collection colleges Commission Conference Council Court December deed Department Director Division Dunfermline duties edition elected Elihu Root employes erection established ex officio Executive Committee Finance Committee five Gallery gift grant Hague HENRY hereby Hero Fund income Institute of Technology Institution of Washington International Law International Peace investments James Brown Scott JOHN library buildings March 12 ment Museum named NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER organization Pennsylvania pension system persons Pittsburgh Price purchase purposes retiring allowances ROBERT Secretary SECTION securities Simplified Spelling successors teachers Technical Schools tion Treasurer University vacancies WILLIAM WILLIAM H York
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Page 99 - That the objects of the corporation shall be to encourage, in the broadest and most liberal manner, investigation, research, and discovery, and the application of knowledge to the improvement of mankind...
Page 209 - Peace, for the purpose of receiving and maintaining a fund or funds and applying the principal and income thereof to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding among the people of the United States...
Page 101 - An Act to establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia...
Page 151 - ... in general, to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education.
Page 192 - FOR THE ADAPTATION TO MARITIME WARFARE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION, iv — 19 p.
Page 127 - ... that of the teacher in our higher educational institutions. New York City generously, and very wisely, provides retiring pensions for teachers in her public schools and also for her policemen. Very few indeed of our colleges are able to do so. The consequences are grievous. Able men hesitate to adopt teaching as a career, and many old professors whose places should be occupied by younger men, can not be retired.
Page 291 - In bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who will help themselves; to provide part of the means by which those who desire to improve may do so; to give those who desire to rise the aids by which they may rise; to assist, but rarely or never to do all. Neither the individual nor the race is improved by almsgiving.
Page 183 - ... by notice served personally upon or mailed to the usual address of each trustee, twenty days prior to the meeting, as the names and addresses of such trustees appear upon the books of the association.* 1See Amendment I, page 14.
Page 183 - The principal office of the association shall be in the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The...