Word: cent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...some interesting conclusions may be drawn from the relative percentage of public and private school men that enter the Freshman class at Harvard and at two of her sister colleges. Figures taken from the last report of the Dean of Yale shows that 28 1-2 per cent. of last year's freshman class there prepared at public schools; the official figures of this year's freshman class at Princeton published in the daily papers show that 27 per cent of its members come from public schools. In contrast with these, the statistics given out by the University office show...
...further interesting to note that of those men who entered by the new plan of admission 84 per cent came from public schools. As an increasing number of men may be expected to enter by this plan in the future it is also possible that the proportion entering from public schools in the future may likewise be raised above the present 51 per cent...
...thus be seen that of the 140 who were allowed to take the examinations only 83, or 59 per cent., were successful, and of all the 186 who applied but 44 per cent, were admitted. The proportion of men successful under the old point system is of course much greater. Another interesting fact in this connection is that several students who failed by the new plan in June were admitted by the old method in September...
...clubs or societies wishing to use rooms in the Union must have 80 per cent. of their number members of the Union, and must fill out application blanks at a time sufficiently in advance of the desired date, so that the room may be conveniently assigned to them. Clubs holding their first meeting in the Union may, however, do so without having 80 per cent. of their number members of the Union...
...plan is likely to be attained--namely, that it will be instrumental in securing a wider representation of students from different parts of the country. Under the old plan of admission, the pecentage of students admitted from schools outside of New England has never been over 20 per cent. Of the candidates admitted this year under the new plan, about 50 per cent come from schools outside of New England...