Word: affections
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Some very interesting figures have been gathered and put in the form of a table showing a comparison between the number of men in Congress from some of the eastern colleges. In order that the size of the college might not affect the comparison, the figures in the last column were compiled. They express the ratio of the men in Congress to the number in a graduating class twenty years ago. The size of a class twenty years ago was taken, because that is about the time the average Congressman graduated. The ratios for the different colleges are approximately...
...discussion of the effect of athletics upon a college or university at large, the members of such an institution divide themselves into two distinct classes. The first is composed of athletes on the University teams; the second includes all other undergraduates. Athletics affect these two classes differently, and consequently they must be separately considered in questioning the advantage and disadvantage of competitive intercollegiate sport...
Briefly as these changes are outlined, it is probable that they will affect the playing of the game in many ways, some perhaps unforeseen. Some of their effects however, may be conjectured, and a further exposition and analysis of the rules in the order in which they appear in the Official Rule Book is added...
...short while, but by the time the Harvard Bridge was reached, the University eight was leading by a little open water. Up to this point, the University crew had been rowing in fair form; below the bridge, rough water made the rowing rather ragged, though this did not affect the University crew as much as the Freshmen. The average stroke for both eights in the middle of the race was between 33 and 34; the University care finished with a lead of about three lengths of open water, rowing 38 strokes to the minute...
...This examination shall not affect the present requirement of French A or German...