Word: boarded
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...restrictions on the readmission of dropped Freshmen, as announced by the college authorities, is the second move aimed at the elimination of the weak points in the scholastic records of the Freshman class as disclosed in Dean Hanford's report which was published earlier in the year. The Administrative Board had previously decided that September examinations would no longer be acceptable for admission, and together with the two rulings show that a determined effort is being made towards raising the standards of the first-year class to a more satisfactory level...
...third source of trouble, the men with low admission records, there is less possibility of improvement. Requirements of the College Entrance Board examinations have been raised repeatedly, and the secondary schools are already placing the chief emphasis of their curriculum upon obtaining a good record at these tests. Since low admission grades rank only third in the list of causes of poor standing in college, there are evidently other factors than that of proficiency at passing the entrance examinations to be considered in estimating a man's success after matriculation. Among these might be mentioned the familiar demand for greater...
Memorial Day services will be conducted in Appleton Chapel tomorrow under the auspices of the University. Professor J. L. Coolidge '95 will give an address while the devotional service will be conducted by E. C. Moore, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, and Chairman of the Board of Preachers...
...shares of Equitable for one of Seaboard, the Seaboard share carrying with it a share of Seaboard National Corp., the bank's security affiliate. Seaboard's President Chellis A. Austin continues as president of the merged bank; Equitable's President Arthur W. Loasby becomes Board Chairman. Said the official statement: "logical alliance . . . substantially multiply measure of service." RKO-Proctor. "I am going to get right after this thing," said, last winter newly-elected Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp.'s President Hiram Staunton Brown, onetime leather man (TIME, Dec. 10). Results of getting after it were last week...
Harry Ford Sinclair, re-elected board chairman was not present on account of being in jail (TIME...