The American City, Volume 18Arthur Hastings Grant, Harold Sinley Buttenheim Buttenheim Publishing Corporation, 1918 - Cities and towns |
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Page 24 - Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser — in fees, expenses, and waste of time.
Page 322 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Page 322 - That the party of the first part, for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements of the party of the second part...
Page 211 - This Constitution, the laws of the Congress of the Union that emanate therefrom, and all treaties that have been made and shall be made in accordance therewith by the President of the Republic, with the approval of the Senate, shall be the supreme law of the whole Union.
Page 287 - Its purpose is to collect and select scientific and practical information concerning progress and developments in the art of incandescent...
Page 422 - the army and navy do not want, and cannot use boys under 18 years of age, nor boys -nor men of any age who are not strong and well developed physically. So far as the army and navy are concerned, there Is nothing more important that the schools can do than to keep going at full capacity, and at the same time to emphasize in every possible way their work in physical education.
Page 136 - In order that there may be definite material at hand with which the schools may at once expand their teaching I have asked Mr. Hoover and Commissioner Claxton to organize the proper agencies for the preparation and distribution of suitable lessons for the elementary grades and for the high school classes. Lessons thus suggested will serve the double purpose of illustrating in a concrete way what can be undertaken in the schools and of stimulating teachers in all parts of the country to formulate...
Page 322 - The contract contained, among others, the following provisions : " That the party of the second part hereby covenants and agrees with the party of the first part to...