Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...predigested summaries learned today and forgotten tomorrow of the highly organized agencies. While we do not expect that any bureau of the nature of the present Employment Office can supplant those outside, which make tutoring a business, a little spontaneous co-operation would enlarge its field and make it better serve its purpose...
first period. The second period, which resulted in no score, was much faster and better hockey. At the very first of the overtime period, Johnson caged the puck for Amherst, which woke up the Harvard team, and with six men playing up on the forward line they secured in the last two minutes the points necessary for victory. The next game will be with Dartmouth on Saturday in the Arena. The "Aggles" lost to them recently in a very fast game by the score of 2 to 1, so it should be a fast game...
...present store, thus greatly increasing the available floor space. When the reconstruction plans are completed, the Co-operative's building will extend from Massachusetts avenue through to Palmer street. It is anticipated that the men's furnishings department, which now occupies quarters upstairs, will then be given a better location on the street floor...
...trade in the book and stationary departments. The proposed enlargement and the new store-front would entail an expenditure of about $50,000, and this in turn would mean a considerable increase in capital charges upon the business. The Directors believe, however, that the convenience of customers demands better service than can be provided in the present cramped quarters...
...Brown Union is to bring into closer touch than would otherwise be possible all Brown men,--undergraduates, faculty, and alumni. It is managed by undergraduate officers and committees, together with a graduate secretary and graduate board, and its policies are shaped with the purpose of effecting a better and stronger Brown spirit. Membership is open to all past and present members of the university. Practically eight-five per cent, of the undergraduates and a large number of alumni, both in Providence and out of the city, are members. Membership in the Union for undergraduates and active membership for graduates...