Word: cent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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First we cannot assimilate him. Assimilation is based on likeness of standpoint and knowledge of a language. Since the 35.6 per cent of the immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe is illiterate, illiteracy is the reason for poor assimilation...
...investigation of actual conditions, startling facts were revealed, chief of which have to deal with the cost and size of the problem. Since 1901 the number of arrests for drunkenness has increased by 49,272, or 88 per cent, and the annual average increase has been 4,106 arrests per year; statistics of grave import to the state. Although it is impossible to estimate in dollars the yearly cost of inebriety to the Commonwealth, yet an idea of the expense may be obtained when it is considered that the cost arising from 63.4 per cent of all arrests...
...talk on the "Choice of Studies in College" given to the Freshman class last night, Dean Gay of the Business School stated that the all important thing in achieving an education was not so much what courses were chosen but how those courses were studied. Approximately 50 per cent. of all Harvard graduates go into business but comparatively few of these enter the Business School. Many consider courses in Economics essential to the making of a business man, but generally the most efficient men are versed in the classics and other studies. Vocational training is all very well...
...contributory pension law, which requires all teachers (except those in the city of Boston) who enter the service of the public schools for the first time on or after July 1, 1914, to become members of the teachers' retirement association. Teachers are assessed at the rate of 5 per cent. of their salary, provided that the minimum assessment be $35 per year, and they may retire upon an allowance...
...Committee followed the practice started last year of getting the Seniors to signify at their elections their willingness to assist in community service after graduation. 350 men voted at the elections for class officers, 196 of whom signified an interest in some form of community service, or 56 per cent of the men voting as compared with 50 per cent for last year...