Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...year it would be possible that some men whose records were brought up to the Phi Beta Kappa's standard in the senior year would not have a chance for the society. Moreover, a class with poor academic standing would have just as many men in it as a better class...
...annual loss of $400,000, and therefore the petition of the residents of Cambridge to build a station at Dana street has been turned down. It would mean an additional loss of $60,000. The company has decided however, to make another exit at Central square to better accommodate the late-afternoon crowds...
...detail of then life. This gave him experience which in was later able to use to good purpose. His recent appointment to the wardenship of Sing Sing gave him his opportunity, and since his assumption of the duties of the position he has made many radical changes for the better. He has consulted the prisoners on methods of treatment, and has even gone so far as to institute a court in which convicts try their fellows for minor infractions of the rules. Working with great understanding of his "prison-going friends," as he calls them, he is well...
Every member of 1916 is urged to comply with the committee's request in regard to applying before Saturday. The sooner the cards are handed in the better; for it will take some time to file and check the large number of applications, mail invitations, and distribute dance cards and tickets. The invitation committee will hold office hours in the Union at an early date, the exact time to be announced later...
After a long drill in passing and shooting the Freshman and second hockey teams lined up for a brisk 40-minute scrimmage at the Stadium rinks yesterday afternoon. The Freshmen had considerably the better of the contest, defeating the second team 3 to 0. The score would undoubtedly have been larger had it not been for the excellent work of Whitmarsh, the second team goal-tend. The Freshmen outskated the second team men and their stick-work and shooting were far superior. 1918 should give a good account of itself when it meets Pomfret next Saturday...