Word: cent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...schools the nation shows the clearest signs of the spur. Both schools lost the greater proportion of their students, but the number of women has increased. Of 66,000 young men at the high schools, 12,000 were students during the past year, while 54,000, or 81 per cent. were in the army. Of the 52,000 university students 10,000 remained at the universities, while 42,000, or 77 per cent. were serving their country...
...reasons given by Dr. Lee why Harvard College did not postpone opening in spite of infantile paralysis should allay the fears of people who have become unduly alarmed over the spread of the disease. Dr. Lee points out that only two per cent, of cases occur in persons over ten years of age, and that the danger to grown persons is very slight. Of course proper attention should be given to good habits of eating, sleeping and exercise, but these general precautions are considered sufficient to protect the hundreds of young men who come together in class rooms and dormitories...
...view of the present epidemic of infantile paralysis and the intense public interest, the following statement is made in regard to the disease and the University. As the name implies it is a disease largely but not exclusively limited to young children. Only two per cent. of the cases are over ten years of age. Susceptibility to the disease steadily decreases with age and it is rare over sixteen and excessively so over twenty-five...
...price of a year's subscription to the CRIMSON has been raised from $3 to $4 this fall. The CRIMSON feels warranted in this charge because of increased printing charges, and, more especially, because of the rise of 75 per cent, since last fall in the price of highly finished print paper. The former rate of $3 has been maintained for many years, and the CRIMSON is among the last of the large college daily papers to increase its price above this figure...
...bulk of the attendance was composed of teachers and school officials, from universities, normal schools, preparatory schools, public and private, and kindergartens, together with supervisors, superintendents and principals, their number reaching 424 or about 40 per cent of the total. The largest group, 218, was made up of students in the physical education courses, which included instructors in college and school gymnasiums, supervisors of playgrounds, and others similarly employed...