Word: amounted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Haughton has been in doubt as to whether he could this year devote to football the great amount of time which the duties of a head coach require. He has finally consented, however, and will act this year without compensation...
...noteworthy feature of the report on athletic finances published today is the general decrease in the receipts of the minor sports, which we attribute to two causes. The first is the falling off in the amount of subscriptions, for last year only about $7,900 was subscribed as against $9,144.39 the year before. The decrease may possibly be accounted for by a lack of diligence among the collectors, but we believe that it is due chiefly to the growing antagonism to the subscription system. If that system were abolished, the profits of the Association would be materially lessened...
...interruptions due to serious local difficulties, relief from the Turkish authorities enabled a month and a half of digging to pass without further annoyance. At the end of August the money available for the first year was exhausted, and the work was accordingly brought to a close. The total amount of time devoted to excavation was nine weeks. Professor Reisner expects to resign his position in Egypt and to begin work again in April...
...Corporation, believing that a special study should now be made of the best method of administering the two dining halls of the University, and that this can best be done by a small committee which can give a considerable amount of time to the subject during the remaining months of the year, has asked the board of directors of the Harvard Dining Association and the board of directors of the Randall Hall Association to pass the management of the two halls into the hands of such a committee. The managing committee appointed for this purpose consists of Messrs...
...conceptions of what the different professions are and what qualities they require, and to decide in favor of one or against another on very insufficient evidence. Thus a man who shows a talent for debate thinks he is cut out for a lawyer, and one who has a moderate amount of mechanical ingenuity thinks he is born to be an engineer. The first test of exact thinking and careful reasoning for the would-be lawyer and the first glimpse of the long vista of mathematical training for the would-be engineer often bring a painful disillusionment. On the other hand...