Word: bottome
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...familiar as his name is at the bottom of a printed slip, not many of those who have stood in line at the office on the Delta have had the privilege of speaking to him personally. Some few there are, however, who--getting the worst of a dispute with one of the clerks have stood upon their rights and appealed to Caesar. And these have invariably found the Bursar to be a very different person from what they had imagined, and discovered that the man who was spending five millions a year for the University was not without consideration...
There will be 224 men in the crimson "H" and 387 in the white background, which includes the two sections from the cement wall at the top to the similar wall; at the bottom...
...countless substances of which the universe is constructed. These weights have usually been found to be amazingly constant. Silver from all parts of the world and from many different ores has always the same atomic weight Copper from Europe is identical in this respect with that mined under the bottom of Lake Superior...
...given to understand, both here and among alumni out over the country, that they "do not quite belong". To quote only the instance nearest to the point: when a student in one of the graduate schools applies for a ticket to the Yale game, he finds himself at the bottom of the list. If he is a candidate for an A.M., it is his one chance; but he must stand behind not only the Freshmen, who have four chances, but also behind all the graduates of Harvard College for ten generations back. Isn't it to be expected that...
Each year there are registered at the office many members of the graduating class of the College, who are ready to start at the bottom. The office also keeps in touch with graduates successfully employed. It is thus able to suggest to employers candidates for positions that entail responsibility or that require specialized training. In order to be of the greatest possible service to both the older and more recent graduates, the office is constantly making efforts to broaden its scope and to extend its facilities to business houses throughout the country...