Word: ascertained
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...directions for the use of the chart are very simple: To find the standard of an individual in relation to the total number examined, ascertain which one of the perpendicular lines, at its junction with the horizontal line, is intersected by the broken line indicating his standing. For instance, if his line at its junction with the horizontal line leading from the weight, intersect the perpendicular line immediately under the figure 20, it would indicate that 80 per cent. of all those examined surpassed him in weight, while the complement of this, or 20 per cent. failed to surpass...
...ascertain the influence of the various conditions of life upon the growth and development of the individual, answers to certain questions were solicited. It often happened that these answers would account for some peculiarity of development, or some deficiency in the size of body or limbs, or for extreme muscular weakness that could not by otherwise explained. Immediately before and after the strength tests, the head and lungs were examined and any peculiarities noted...
...magnitude of this beneficiary aid, I doubt if people generally understand, and I have accordingly takes pains to ascertain what was the amount given away this year. I find that to undergraduates alone it was $36,000; to members of the graduate department, $11,000; and to the professional schools, $6,000; making a total of assistance to students of the University of more than $53,000. Next year this enormous sum will be increased $13,000 by the munificent bequest of Mr. Price Greenleaf. Fully to estimate the position of the poor man at Harvard, we should take into...
There is no better way to ascertain in what favor Harvard is held by young men preparing for college in the different localities of this country than by a comparison of the statistics of the various freshman classes. It has been the custom of the CRIMSON for several years to collect these statistics in order to find out the rise or decline of Harvard influence in the different states, cities and above all, the large preparatory schools of the United States. To begin with, below will be found a list of the number of the men who have entered...
...EVENING POST: Sir-The popular sentiment in America upon the Irish question is well known. The popular sentiment in England is about the same as that in the United States; but there the student opinion is diametrically opposed to the popular notion. It was with a desire to ascertain whether the America students agree with the American masses or with the English students upon this "burning question" that Mr. Bryce has written to Dr. H. B. Adams...