Word: accountants
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Many and various are the pursuits by which Columbia students earned last summer money amounting to $55,313. A report of P. C. Holter, chairman of the appointments committee of the institution, indicates that a willingness by students to turn any pleasure to financial account, aided them in increasing their earnings by $17,000 over those of the previous summer. Acting as companions to unfortunate possessors of wealth stands high among the places filled by the hard-working students. But playing pianos in summer hotels, working in drug stores, and even the questionable thrills of chauffering trolley cars were...
...dope" system, as it was called, and an order forbidding the use of any kind of special help followed. This help, it is claimed by many of the midshipmen, is needed by the average youth in order to get by the examinations. Others claim that the midshipmen felt, on account of the special need for officers in the navy, that they would be treated with more than the customary leniency. Moreover, the instructors have been forbidden to indicate in any way the nature of the examination...
...University team last year, and the defence centered almost entirely in the brilliancy of Mann. Harvard's defence, however, which has not been scored on in the last three games, should be able to cope with the Canadians' attack, although Captain Morgan will probably be unable to play on account of a bad cold, and the forward line is playing in equally high form...
...value of the training acquired in a managership competition cannot be too strongly emphasized. Besides giving experience in business methods, such a competition makes one appreciate the value of energy, initiative, courtesy, and tact. This baseball competition, especially, on account of necessary changes in organization and system will give a man plenty of opportunity to receive credit for original constructive work. The routine work for the Second Assistants, which will be divided equally among the candidates, will consist of field work with the University nine, complete charge of the Second team games, including several out of town trips, and office...
...showing of the team in the Bowdoin match last week gives reason to believe that the team will give a good account of itself on the trip. Captain Russell took part in only one bout that evening, because he was ill, but he won that. He is now fully recovered. Nichols won two bouts very decisively, and Hamilton, who is a comparatively inexperienced man, showed excellent form in winning his two bouts...